Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.1% 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	94.7% 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.

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 23:29
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 99.2 1-Core 169 2-Core 313 107% 194 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 896 95% 761 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% 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)	77.1% Very good	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 97.5 Parallax 91.7 81% 96.2 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 77.8 70% 85.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 199GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	429% Outstanding	Read 4,369 Write 2,763 Mixed 3,601 794% 3,578 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 70.7 260% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 55 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 228 142% 153 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 429% Great: 273%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 199GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11775 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2670 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 37 (AE) Unknown 99 99 391 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 882 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 44 41 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 9608 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6125 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24051	442% Outstanding	Read 4,315 Write 2,722 Mixed 3,390 770% 3,476 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 71.6 257% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 595 DQ Write 489 DQ Mixed 39 166% 374 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 442% Great: 220%
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 199GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	421% Outstanding	Read 4,338 Write 2,759 Mixed 3,652 795% 3,583 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 61 244% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 55.3 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 237 146% 155 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 421% Great: 214%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 199GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	410% Outstanding	Read 4,346 Write 2,708 Mixed 3,663 793% 3,572 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 39.5 214% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 54.7 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 248 168% 196 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 410% Great: 273%
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 as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14982 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2153 (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 63 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1604 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8683491725	94.7% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 353 Mixed 336 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 23.2 140% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 20.1 85% 192 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 108%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 38654705664 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 146030133282 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	123% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 211 Mixed 201 158% 209 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.34 4K Mixed 0.55 162% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 121%

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 47.5 MC Write 50.2 MC Mixed 33.8 125% 43.8 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 54.1 SC Mixed 37.5 113% 39.7 GB/s	Latency 40.1 100% 40.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 117%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
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	447x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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