Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	401% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 14:54
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 307 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 855 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.1% 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 6390) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 214 Parallax 209 153% 203 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 186 Splatting 131 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	401% Outstanding	Read 3,117 Write 2,699 Mixed 2,540 620% 2,785 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 51.8 238% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 613 DQ Mixed 356 415% 733 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 401% Great: 313%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 267 Mixed 154 202% 275 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.32 4K Mixed 0.97 242% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 236%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BC1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 45 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 88 84 3860 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3037 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1467 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 227634446362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 33 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 56 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 4 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 23474	63.8% Good	Read 103 Write 119 Mixed 110 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.3 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C15-8GTZKW F4-3200C16-8GTZKW F4-3200C16-8GTZKW F4-3200C15-8GTZKW 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 32.7 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 31.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

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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 $230Bench 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 $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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

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 $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