Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	142% 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	30.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	14.2 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 30 '18 at 20:19
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 99.4 1-Core 169 2-Core 337 110% 202 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 908 94% 756 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3133 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 209 Parallax 191 164% 200 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 202 Splatting 139 129% 159 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 133%

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)	420% Outstanding	Read 3,796 Write 2,720 Mixed 3,178 718% 3,231 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 70.3 258% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 248 258% 426 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 420% Great: 273%
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)	406% Outstanding	Read 3,787 Write 2,705 Mixed 3,028 705% 3,173 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 46.9 224% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 455 DQ Mixed 39.3 156% 349 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 406% Great: 273%
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)	422% Outstanding	Read 3,786 Write 2,749 Mixed 3,021 708% 3,185 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 71.1 260% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 580 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 77.9 179% 374 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 422% Great: 214%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 477GB 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 11825 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2723 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 39 (AE) Unknown 99 99 396 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 882 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 36 49 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 9984 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6490 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24416	397% Outstanding	Read 3,767 Write 2,690 Mixed 3,212 716% 3,223 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 66.4 252% 93.7 MB/s	DQ Read 54.4 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 39.3 52% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 397% Great: 220%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 045C8820 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 0 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 0 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8786 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4517 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3231 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 175197 (E2) Load-in time 255 0 4294967295 (E3) Torque amplification count 0 0 -1 (E4) Power-off retract count 0 0 4294967295	30.5% Below average	Read 248 Write 63 Mixed 61.1 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 0.006 56% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 18.2 20% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 44%
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 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 156 156 25799950719 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 86 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 184684838950 (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	122% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 209 Mixed 199 157% 208 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.34 4K Mixed 0.56 164% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 122% 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)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 48.2 MC Write 50.3 MC Mixed 33.6 126% 44 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 53.5 SC Mixed 38.6 114% 40.1 GB/s	Latency 38.9 103% 38.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 117%

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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