Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	163% 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 16:18
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 265 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 430 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2096 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 2,094 Write 242 Mixed 423 196% 920 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 38.7 156% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 89.2 144% 285 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 210%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 47GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 112098647358880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 307 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 7421797 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 307 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1216616 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 28 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1216616 (F2) Unknown 100 100 478736 (F9) Unknown 100 100 45895	75.8% Very good	Read 520 Write 158 Mixed 213 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 18.5 128% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 53.4 76% 142 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 88%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 27GB free Firmware: BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37970 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 294 (B1) Unknown 91 91 103 (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 70 46 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 124 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9505318398	93.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 345 Mixed 355 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 25.8 134% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 80.3 116% 219 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 212GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64373112 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1983 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23732808 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 504561690 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76922 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 17179869210 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 129317170325781 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16890683652 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63557873076	78.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 128 Mixed 141 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.16 55% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 89%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,188x
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	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 $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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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