Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	3.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	340% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 09:21
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$184 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 606 81% 605 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2557 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	3.15% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 0.31 Parallax 0.06 0% 0.15 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 8.97 Splatting 11.7 9% 11.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 3.15% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2,715 Write 2,666 Mixed 2,175 562% 2,519 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 32.2 206% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 58.8 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 31.3 72% 140 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 313%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 45GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14824 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3796 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2160 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4309713530 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 72 471466012 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2160 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2415224 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 225 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2415224 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2949109	89.5% Excellent	Read 504 Write 290 Mixed 363 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 29.5 143% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 116 112% 174 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 30.8 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 32.7 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,217x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,083

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16