Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	167% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 06:33
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 150 2-Core 278 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 802 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 142 Parallax 124 106% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,467 Write 860 Mixed 1,125 255% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 26.6 159% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 33.4 82% 159 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 219%
Intel 710 Series 100GB 278 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 42GB free Firmware: 6PB10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4308 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1876 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (B7) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 67 353239060 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 225766 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 1902632 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 94 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 389583 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 225766 (F2) Unknown 100 100 263205	46.4% Average	Read 262 Write 171 Mixed 201 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 15.7 69% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 32.2 43% 80.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 49%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 162 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 504 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3939 (C2) HDA temperature 121 111 29 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 161 Mixed 150 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.3 118% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 96%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 297GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 150 5108 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12997 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3055 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12814 (C2) HDA temperature 119 86 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 194 194 323 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 197 104 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 13808	27.6% Poor	Read 15.5 Write 79.9 Mixed 15.4 27% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 39GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 174 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2917 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3945 (C2) HDA temperature 121 104 26 (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	39.9% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 69.5 Mixed 75.4 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.36 99% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 28.4 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 29.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 110%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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