Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 16:15
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 887 93% 748 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 104 67% 86.2 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 89.7 65% 77.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 187GB free Firmware: BXW25L0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1431 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 278 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 20 (AE) Unknown 99 99 52 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 975 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 38 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 5248 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2122 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2807	242% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 1,171 Mixed 1,434 341% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 53.9 221% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 257 257% 420 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 220%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 28124774 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 129226976011864 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1277 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 187 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 42 55837327386 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 55837327386 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28124774 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28124774 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28124774 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32071 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23201 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23201 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17796	77.9% Very good	Read 514 Write 187 Mixed 250 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 20.3 132% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 51 71% 128 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 187 8883 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2066 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8979 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 28 (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	99.6% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 143 Mixed 153 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.29 109% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8441 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9522 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5078 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8387 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 34 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	72.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 123 Mixed 121 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.5 155% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 35 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 34.2 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,188x
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 $42Bench 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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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