Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	313% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 02:38
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 269 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 815 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 67.8 54% 67.5 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 55 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,993 Write 1,811 Mixed 1,801 486% 2,202 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 37.4 199% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 524 DQ Write 587 DQ Mixed 36.8 171% 383 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 353%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 243GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 19477 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 218 (A9) Unknown 100 100 851 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 53 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 37 158914904088 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 332 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28479 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11672 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17405 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 493 Mixed 481 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 25.5 125% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 18.3 99% 226 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60188384 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80587155 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (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 76 68 404226072 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 359115 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 64424509464 (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 -28591597275345 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7931985874 (F2) Unknown 100 253 382537611828	84.6% Excellent	Read 145 Write 150 Mixed 139 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 246GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3203 (03) Spinup time 137 136 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17182 (C2) HDA temperature 110 89 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 88.2 Mixed 72.3 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 27.6 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 94%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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