Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	13.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 01:39
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 790 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 207 Parallax 177 151% 190 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 176 Splatting 128 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3443 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 193 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 62 43 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12377187014
Poor: 78% Great: 135%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3TB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 100 55679752 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4333715505 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (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 64 34 219749482532 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2595 (C2) HDA temperature 36 66 77309411364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 113 100 55679752 (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 -101120710010236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15422196061 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13980673506
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8947 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 288 (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 66 66 13941 (0A) Spinup retry count 105 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 941 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 261994446894 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 67 67 13218 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 291 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	86.2% Excellent	Read 143 Write 157 Mixed 146 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.24 131% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 110%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 100562869 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 99 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106103463 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 51399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4928 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885098503 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 44 5605739135019 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2267 (C2) HDA temperature 43 56 77309411371 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 16 100562869 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	68.9% Good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 107 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.38 76% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

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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	3,189x
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 $40	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