Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '17 at 02:09
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 259 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 745 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 95.8 90% 108 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+ NVMe PCIe 500GB 1,939 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,319 Write 285 Mixed 466 149% 690 MB/s	4K Read 179 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 130 499% 142 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 91.2 109% 188 MB/s
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 255%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 180 174 7966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 103 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 513 (C2) HDA temperature 123 120 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 141 Mixed 129 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.3 118% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 153 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1219 (C2) HDA temperature 123 119 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 154 Mixed 139 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 353GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27454200 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 58 12888569519 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 795 (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 74 43 189431545882 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29105 (C2) HDA temperature 26 57 -140737488355302 (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 -131859790953309 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12392356998 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15874241446	97.1% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 144 Mixed 129 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 12GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 137 Write 71.9 Mixed 93.4 119% 101 MB/s	4K Read 6.25 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 1.65 161% 3.44 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 35%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.1 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 25.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 103%

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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