Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	77.8% 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	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 17:58
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Memory 98.9 99% 98.9 Pts
Poor: 71% 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)	77.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 84.8 82% 94.6 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 77.9 69% 85.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 477GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	409% Outstanding	Read 4,267 Write 2,686 Mixed 4,096 819% 3,683 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 39.9 212% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 53 DQ Write 470 DQ Mixed 217 181% 246 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 409% Great: 273%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 550GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11770 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2667 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 37 (AE) Unknown 99 99 390 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 882 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 44 44 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 9560 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6066 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24021	413% Outstanding	Read 4,266 Write 2,666 Mixed 3,532 774% 3,488 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 61.9 244% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 54.3 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 38.6 51% 89 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 413% Great: 220%
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 477GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	407% Outstanding	Read 4,306 Write 2,696 Mixed 4,044 818% 3,682 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 39.1 217% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 55.4 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 207 144% 171 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 407% Great: 214%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 477GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	433% Outstanding	Read 4,241 Write 2,689 Mixed 3,555 776% 3,495 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 72.1 254% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 218 227% 376 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 433% Great: 273%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 453GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4687 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 980 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 94 (EB) Unknown 99 99 187 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26370581605	106% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 504 Mixed 508 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 24.7 148% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 22.2 76% 170 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14977 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2150 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1601 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8661916516	84.6% Excellent	Read 501 Write 354 Mixed 328 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 21.7 138% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 19.7 28% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 108%

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 @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 45.3 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 31.8 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 48 SC Mixed 37.5 107% 37.5 GB/s	Latency 41.5 96% 41.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%

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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