Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	284% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 09:18
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 701 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 214 Parallax 206 156% 204 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 187 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 474GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,565 Write 528 Mixed 797 210% 963 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 51.3 199% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 583 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 201 238% 415 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 246%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 271GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,565 Write 549 Mixed 800 212% 971 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 48 196% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 507 DQ Mixed 158 156% 233 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 144%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,742 Write 1,338 Mixed 1,406 401% 1,828 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 48.4 243% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 431 DQ Mixed 30.5 142% 322 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 244GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7109 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 341 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 181 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5547628988	96.9% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 414 Mixed 423 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 31.2 162% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 49.2 DQ Write 91.8 DQ Mixed 29 34% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 134%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 227GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 10165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (A2) Unknown 100 100 929 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262152 (AE) Unknown 100 100 299 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 299 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2252 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3100	83.6% Excellent	Read 517 Write 354 Mixed 352 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 10.3 106% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 19.4 80% 181 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30.5 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 103%

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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	3,189x
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	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 $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 $40	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