Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 00:56
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 277 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 810 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6268) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2087 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 69.9 69% 77 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 71.2 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 18020 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4801 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 67 67 999 (AE) Unknown 100 100 779 (B5) Unknown 100 100 60370283342236 (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 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 129 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 67 67 33 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	56.9% Above average	Read 480 Write 187 Mixed 270 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 6.18 76% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 7.72 35% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 171GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137169752 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 100861663 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 605487140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13846 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 85899345956 (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 -76544907147560 (F1) Unknown 100 253 107293625452 (F2) Unknown 100 253 589407714676	79.6% Very good	Read 159 Write 119 Mixed 131 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 133 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5910 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3838 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 492 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5908 (C2) HDA temperature 105 99 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13454 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	29.7% Poor	Read 51.6 Write 51.3 Mixed 53 39% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 28.7 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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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