Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	41.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '17 at 04:50
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 156 2-Core 314 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 844 85% 692 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 157 Parallax 131 115% 143 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 136 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 08TH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10893 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 463 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (B5) Unknown 100 100 57522840936401 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 756 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 85 85 15 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	41.7% Average	Read 420 Write 232 Mixed 264 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 3.75 38% 9.76 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 69%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213952491 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11975 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16422730 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 918 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 62 605683748 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 90194313252 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 23 213952491 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -122651381056763 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1582873945 (F2) Unknown 100 253 316613204	56.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 94.3 Mixed 91.1 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.53 120% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 61%
WD My Book 25EE 3TB 3,089 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 166 Write 159 Mixed 140 197% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.26 106% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3289 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 30.6 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 30.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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Gaming 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	3,186x
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	651x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	446x

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 $40Bench 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 $261	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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