Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	127% 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.
Boot Drive	83.4% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 04:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 816 88% 698 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 180 Parallax 173 144% 177 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 173 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5910 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1767 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 253 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2818118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 57 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15884	83.4% Excellent	Read 520 Write 348 Mixed 358 90% 409 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 10.4 104% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 48.9 97% 198 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 97%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 118GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2236 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 745 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C2) HDA temperature 84 51 210454315024 (F1) Unknown 100 100 98725	97.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 430 Mixed 494 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 12.6 129% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 19.6 100% 228 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 89%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 820GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151553880 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 198 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7317206 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (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 77 57 554893335 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 276 (C2) HDA temperature 23 43 55834574871 (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 -18833431591746 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5048609071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99823050719	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 187 Mixed 150 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 1.03 248% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 297GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93776424 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106953022 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2063 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 78 57 537985046 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10235 (C2) HDA temperature 22 43 34359738390 (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 -41871636162638 (F1) Unknown 100 253 60767191434 (F2) Unknown 100 253 999593364078	98.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 167 Mixed 153 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $133	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