Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '17 at 17:34
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 820 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2428 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 75.7 64% 77.1 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 77.3 65% 79.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5006 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 853 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 137 (A9) Unknown 100 100 742 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 56 (AE) Unknown 100 100 312 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 66 46 197569806370 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 342 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14711 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9902 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11422 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	113% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 496 Mixed 477 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 31.6 156% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 64.5 127% 256 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 155 155 17195270398 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 166 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 154620461090 (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	78.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 139 Mixed 169 112% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 947GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 64 (03) Spinup time 158 158 17194090759 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1314 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1314 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 197570134051 (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	73.6% Very good	Read 143 Write 114 Mixed 88.1 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.1 64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 388GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1137 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37906 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 129 Mixed 125 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.29 113% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 307GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 155 155 17194483978 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 168 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 167505362975 (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	63.6% Good	Read 101 Write 120 Mixed 143 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 149GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 131 131 12896108724 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 676 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 676 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 171800330271 (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	63.3% Good	Read 106 Write 115 Mixed 111 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 33.7 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 50.1 SC Mixed 34 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

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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 $90Bench 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