Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	206% 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	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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 11:16
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 315 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 873 87% 707 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 211 Parallax 190 157% 198 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 187 Splatting 131 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,779 Write 875 Mixed 1,119 277% 1,258 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 51.8 198% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 238 238% 392 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 262%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 218GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41084320 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4009 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 52 227754997136 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3347 (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 50 13490651172 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 495 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71689 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 -140737488355292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 831 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 40922448402830 (F1) Unknown 100 253 94850110025 (F2) Unknown 100 253 108553282241	52.4% Above average	Read 87.6 Write 94.8 Mixed 93.6 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 114%
USB DISK 2.0 4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 26.9 Write 6.72 Mixed 9.39 14% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FARG 4x4GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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