Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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	143% 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	150% 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.

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	Feb 04 '18 at 10:01
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 99.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 890 96% 763 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% 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 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3108 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 215 Parallax 194 166% 204 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 200 Splatting 139 130% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC960G1CS2770D117-515 960GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 370GB free Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1161 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 107 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2513 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 209 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 30 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18227 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17719	91.7% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 428 Mixed 457 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 20.8 115% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 21 78% 171 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 386GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	421% Outstanding	Read 4,351 Write 2,753 Mixed 3,541 787% 3,548 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 64.2 242% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 53.1 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 38.1 50% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 421% Great: 273%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 386GB 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 11902 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2811 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 41 (AE) Unknown 99 99 428 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 882 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 36 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 10496 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6844 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24924	413% Outstanding	Read 4,322 Write 2,750 Mixed 3,679 796% 3,584 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 38.6 210% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 52.9 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 126 133% 206 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 413% Great: 220%
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 386GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	421% Outstanding	Read 4,325 Write 2,743 Mixed 3,543 785% 3,537 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 39.4 213% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 420 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 38.8 131% 286 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 421% Great: 214%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 386GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	412% Outstanding	Read 4,368 Write 2,748 Mixed 3,709 801% 3,608 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 39.8 215% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 52.8 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 38.9 56% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 412% Great: 273%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 935 Write 965 Mixed 896 208% 932 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 26.7 158% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 49.7 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 26.4 62% 121 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 133%
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 143 143 38684721613 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 219 (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 100 100 129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 219 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 184684838951 (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 212 Write 212 Mixed 187 153% 204 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.4 142% 1.48 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 @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 45.6 MC Mixed 31.7 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 47.5 SC Mixed 37.5 106% 37.2 GB/s	Latency 40.4 99% 40.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 117% 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 $90Bench 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