Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	176% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 03:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 777 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 91.4 63% 77.7 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 82.2 58% 69.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 924 Mixed 1,305 303% 1,375 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 31.6 130% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 22.5 38% 70.1 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 230%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 20GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th 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 25856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2904 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 57 57 1302 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1052 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 53 201863462954 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 57 57 43 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 52668966360 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1374289468 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3162538	58% Above average	Read 485 Write 133 Mixed 208 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 14 75% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 13.9 58% 132 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 77%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 501GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193739080 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9799 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16365251 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3346 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 52 13607960618 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2564 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 126075 (C2) HDA temperature 42 48 -140737488355286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 31 193739080 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	67% Good	Read 113 Write 120 Mixed 116 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 110%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	651x
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: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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