Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	244% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 781 82% 655 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 67.3 63% 74.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 71.1 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,411 Write 1,212 Mixed 1,630 386% 1,751 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61 196% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 139 137% 221 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 292%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 116GB free Firmware: 20140516 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 6780 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1813 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 145944 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 186302 (A5) Unknown 100 100 259 (A6) Unknown 100 100 132 (A7) Unknown 100 100 185 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 107 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 961594 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1024716	87.5% Excellent	Read 504 Write 285 Mixed 376 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 35.2 123% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 73.3 107% 199 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 96%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 198 3554 (03) Spinup time 176 171 8183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1140 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12087 (C2) HDA temperature 124 111 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 23 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 23 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 74	78.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 141 Mixed 139 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 101%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 194 9033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 943 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 887 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 904 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.6% Good	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 87 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2155 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $274	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 $184	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