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 (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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	83.7% 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, 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 16 '18 at 22:14
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 99.1 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 889 96% 763 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 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: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3108 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 216 Parallax 214 166% 211 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 201 Splatting 140 130% 161 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 476GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	445% Outstanding	Read 4,462 Write 3,039 Mixed 3,680 828% 3,727 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 45.4 239% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 59.9 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 253 189% 238 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 445% Great: 273%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 476GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	471% Outstanding	Read 4,473 Write 3,076 Mixed 3,762 838% 3,770 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 69.9 266% 98.7 MB/s	DQ Read 568 DQ Write 483 DQ Mixed 44.4 165% 365 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 471% Great: 273%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 476GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	443% Outstanding	Read 4,567 Write 3,023 Mixed 4,166 871% 3,918 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 44.9 237% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 62 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 242 151% 164 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 443% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 476GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	459% Outstanding	Read 4,422 Write 3,099 Mixed 3,722 833% 3,748 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 45.8 239% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 483 DQ Mixed 44.3 159% 349 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 459% Great: 292%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15180 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2398 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (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 64 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1815 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9867028083	83.7% Excellent	Read 503 Write 350 Mixed 344 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 20.5 136% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 20 28% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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 (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 253 253 38660079815 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 379 (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 100 100 226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 379 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 379 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 184684838949 (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 211 Write 207 Mixed 192 153% 203 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 3.67 4K Mixed 0.53 169% 1.74 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 @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 45.3 MC Write 45.6 MC Mixed 32.7 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 47.5 SC Mixed 37.5 106% 37.1 GB/s	Latency 40.7 98% 40.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 118% 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 $134	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