Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	120% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	55.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 11:53
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 781 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 185 Parallax 182 143% 181 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 172 Splatting 119 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 960GB-$489 164 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C5005T5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 9421 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (64) Unknown 100 100 6211072 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 23 (B2) Unknown 100 100 75 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 37679 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 100 274879086631 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 6 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 22542 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11791 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7422 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3409	120% Outstanding	Read 809 Write 770 Mixed 761 174% 780 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 18.8 128% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 18.9 30% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 172%
Kingston HyperX 3K 480GB-$256 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 239GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 66368848 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 -81681688001381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 822 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 139 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 45 73017393177 (C2) HDA temperature 25 45 73017393177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 66368848 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 66368848 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 66368848 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48620 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23431 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23431 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29057	59.9% Above average	Read 507 Write 236 Mixed 285 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 16.2 76% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 81.8 DQ Mixed 59.2 44% 57.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216981304 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1759241 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 783 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 107375820825 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 639434783 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4337 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 73014444063 (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 -88360362162058 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13689886425 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2300553699	74.4% Very good	Read 115 Write 143 Mixed 115 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.55 182% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35767096 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9684 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 55 446754870012 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 832 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 133146083361 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 672989216 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 591 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18442 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 73014444064 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 22922240474540 (F1) Unknown 100 253 69472909164 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50637938095	77.6% Very good	Read 120 Write 149 Mixed 130 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.51 182% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160202408 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14388 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 57 279209233461 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 784 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 68722294829 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 689504289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 570 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39479 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 73014444065 (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 -117179592720480 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40650758800 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23973149448	75.1% Very good	Read 117 Write 143 Mixed 118 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.81 208% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 96 138200369 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15766 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 112 (07) Seek error rate 58 54 38660598664 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BC) Unknown 100 71 326422822994 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 689569825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22107 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 73014444065 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 113455856107979 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9115871742 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2709019910	81% Excellent	Read 139 Write 142 Mixed 111 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.64 191% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179943704 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 57 8678411383 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 783 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BC) Unknown 100 97 38657589294 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 639500319 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 565 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22742 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 68719476767 (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 40729174890346 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56516706228 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41757097509	71.5% Very good	Read 109 Write 139 Mixed 106 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.45 4K Mixed 0.57 190% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2668 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 130%

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Gaming 105%

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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 $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