Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 17:06
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 797 86% 682 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 67.4 52% 66.9 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 54.1 50% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY XLR8 240GB-$212 552 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 223GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4370528 (05) Reallocated sector count 86 86 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -55619826483151 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 37 55836999703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4370528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4370528 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4370528 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 51539607552 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1500 (EA) Unknown 0 0 598 (F1) Unknown 0 0 598 (F2) Unknown 0 0 859	66.2% Good	Read 511 Write 197 Mixed 248 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 14.6 91% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 43.6 66% 123 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 13 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 67 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 214231487	98.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 405 Mixed 412 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.3 164% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 23.5 34% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 124%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 38GB free Firmware: 5.0.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4308605 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 116024246552376 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2497 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 314 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 21477523481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4308605 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4308605 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4308605 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18728 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18573 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18573 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15176	68.4% Good	Read 475 Write 148 Mixed 226 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.8 114% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 10.7 53% 120 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 65 37431230 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 586556 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 138224932487175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (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 78 75 370409494 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 77309411350 (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 -56495999811579 (F1) Unknown 100 253 670387627 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16536510	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 172 Mixed 169 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 44%

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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	3,188x
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 $92Bench 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 $179	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