Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	71.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 13:43
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 267 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 812 77% 637 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 181 Parallax 167 136% 172 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 165 Splatting 114 106% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6415 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1878 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 253 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3080267 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 234 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 53 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17458	71.7% Very good	Read 508 Write 345 Mixed 346 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 9.69 99% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 46 38% 52.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 97%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 155GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2741 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 856 (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 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 72 51 210453790748 (F1) Unknown 100 100 104108	89.6% Excellent	Read 512 Write 442 Mixed 474 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 12.4 123% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 40.7 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 19.5 60% 120 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 89%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 807GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236749512 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10669517 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (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 66 57 588513314 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 447 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 55834574882 (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 72451803318258 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7262609363 (F2) Unknown 100 253 442220450948	83.5% Excellent	Read 133 Write 157 Mixed 126 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.55 188% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 178GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80028752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107691067 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2173 (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 67 57 554827809 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10502 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 34359738401 (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 -128505421489762 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61367723105 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1009679637278	100% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 172 Mixed 159 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
18 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 3d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Read 18 Write 5.89 Mixed 5.41 10% 9.77 MB/s	4K Read 6.52 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 24% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 8%

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 as expected (56^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.7% 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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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