Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% 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	69.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 19:57
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	LUX-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$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 (97^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 266 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 805 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% 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: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 91% 110 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 101 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 160GB free Firmware: DXM05H6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14836 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 645 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 332 (AE) Unknown 99 99 51 (B7) Unknown 99 99 140 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 27 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 424 Mixed 504 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 25.2 136% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 82.3 135% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 76GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2256 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 595 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 440967677	113% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 400 Mixed 418 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 52.4 175% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 113 141% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 51GB free Firmware: 2CV102HA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7049 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2849 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 176069 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	43.2% Average	Read 255 Write 105 Mixed 147 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 6.96 75% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 48 56% 98.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 46%
Kingston SH103S3120G-NV 120GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 16489295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 73478300507359 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1937 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 125 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 74 55839424538 (C2) HDA temperature 26 74 55839424538 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16489295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16489295 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16489295 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19686 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12756 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12756 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12410	69.5% Good	Read 437 Write 172 Mixed 198 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 20.1 117% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 44.4 67% 125 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 999GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123123544 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6485 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82686418 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2350 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 313 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 606208036 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6936 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 51539607588 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 154 Mixed 154 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 113%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free Firmware: GH2OA910 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1980 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 857 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 8589934592 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 539099168 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 75 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1572888 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 39906 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	45% Average	Read 68.6 Write 88.3 Mixed 87.3 62% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 125%

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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	3,190x
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 $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 $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: $1,092

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