Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 158% UFO	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 135% 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	144% 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	434% 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	14.1 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	Feb 14 '18 at 23:40
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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-$242 712,312 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)	109% Outstanding	Memory 99.2 1-Core 170 2-Core 337 110% 202 Pts	4-Core 647 8-Core 890 97% 769 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% 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: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3108 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 217 Parallax 212 168% 211 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 202 Splatting 140 131% 161 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 357GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	397% Outstanding	Read 4,514 Write 2,285 Mixed 3,266 741% 3,355 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 49.5 222% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 51.9 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 250 186% 235 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 397% Great: 273%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 357GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 4,506 Write 2,282 Mixed 3,165 732% 3,317 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 38.2 211% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 52.9 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 37.2 49% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 273%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 357GB 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 11963 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2891 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 42 (AE) Unknown 99 99 438 (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 36 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 10752 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7063 (F2) Unknown 99 99 25200	393% Outstanding	Read 4,506 Write 2,299 Mixed 3,167 734% 3,324 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 38.6 206% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 53 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 241 193% 257 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 393% Great: 220%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	434% Outstanding	Read 2,584 Write 2,086 Mixed 2,386 524% 2,352 MB/s	4K Read 215 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 159 633% 190 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 108 114% 189 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 434% Great: 559%
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 (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 160 160 38678364623 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 328 (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 100 100 191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 328 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 184684838952 (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	120% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 204 Mixed 191 152% 203 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 0.49 156% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% 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 47.9 MC Write 50 MC Mixed 33.4 125% 43.8 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 53.5 SC Mixed 38.6 114% 39.9 GB/s	Latency 40.1 100% 40.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 117%

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Workstation 90%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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