Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	80% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 01:48
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 738 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 2527 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1612 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 642 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 55944 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 119766 (A5) Unknown 100 100 168 (A6) Unknown 100 100 65 (A7) Unknown 100 100 117 (F1) Unknown 100 100 503706 (F2) Unknown 100 100 357581 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 319 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 503706 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	80% Very good	Read 520 Write 281 Mixed 364 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 22.3 132% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 22.1 32% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 99%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5833 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1505 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22193 (C2) HDA temperature 121 95 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 129 Mixed 110 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 5916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3231 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1505 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12729 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 111 Write 103 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 784GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2026 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3769 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 159 Mixed 145 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.35 116% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 166GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186964842 (03) Spinup time 98 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 148092521 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3031 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 263 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 795124105249 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 22 186964842 (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 138147623095008 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1491997596 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1590303767	42.8% Average	Read 73.5 Write 75.7 Mixed 76.5 57% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.28 67% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 94%

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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