Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	144% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	244% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 19:36
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 294 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 848 86% 695 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA); ASUS ROG STRIX 1080ti CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 221 Parallax 215 170% 215 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 200 Splatting 134 127% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 444GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2273 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 279 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9950898900	119% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 422 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54.6 201% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 114 126% 209 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,097 Write 1,475 Mixed 1,203 352% 1,592 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 38.5 192% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 114 132% 224 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 224GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15388 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 801 (B1) Unknown 93 93 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 38 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32910683603	96.5% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 352 Mixed 355 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 28.4 150% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 81.7 102% 180 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 128 128 42983227904 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 236224643109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 193 Mixed 191 144% 191 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.62 4K Mixed 0.49 161% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 319 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 255 (C2) HDA temperature 117 91 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	100% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 189 Mixed 173 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 2.04 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.23 165% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3091 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 29.8 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 30.2 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	746x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	652x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16