Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 113% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	208% 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 13:55
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 99.2 1-Core 170 2-Core 337 110% 202 Pts	4-Core 651 8-Core 909 98% 780 Pts	64-Core 913 56% 913 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1661 MHz, MLim: 1975 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 84.5 81% 94.1 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 77.9 69% 85.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 358GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	374% Outstanding	Read 4,520 Write 1,977 Mixed 2,734 676% 3,077 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 40 227% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 56.3 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 39.2 54% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 374% Great: 273%
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 358GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	381% Outstanding	Read 4,490 Write 2,006 Mixed 2,878 688% 3,125 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 40.6 228% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 60.6 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 270 207% 267 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 381% Great: 214%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 358GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 4,492 Write 1,985 Mixed 2,724 674% 3,067 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 69 264% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 58 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 40 54% 94.4 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 273%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11766 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2660 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 36 (AE) Unknown 99 99 388 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 882 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 44 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 9408 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5909 (F2) Unknown 99 99 23956	208% Outstanding	Read 2,040 Write 1,179 Mixed 1,414 341% 1,544 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 27.7 171% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 28.9 42% 74.1 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 220%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 47.8 MC Write 50.4 MC Mixed 33.4 125% 43.9 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 54.1 SC Mixed 37 113% 39.5 GB/s	Latency 39.9 100% 39.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 117%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,189x
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	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 $92Bench 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: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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