Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	99.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '17 at 05:22
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 799 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 197 Parallax 188 142% 186 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 172 Splatting 127 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1118 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 192 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5546314232	99.9% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 404 Mixed 412 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 31.1 172% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 50.2 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 30.3 40% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 174 Mixed 155 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 97%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 196554576 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 849735 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (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 72 64 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1271 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 45427869089941 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1029928389 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1234846179	111% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 198 Mixed 141 131% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.68 198% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 212GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 35.4 Mixed 36.7 47% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 45%
BUFFALO HD-PCU2 320GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 91GB free, PID 01d9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 40 Write 35 Mixed 37.4 48% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.13 59% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 28.8 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 31.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ 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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
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: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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