Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.4% 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	281% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 22:31
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 283 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 727 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.4% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 56.1 47% 57.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 363GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 376 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 82 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 68 49 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3106369749	106% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 416 Mixed 431 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 40.4 156% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 113 123% 207 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,575 Write 1,714 Mixed 1,817 451% 2,036 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 39.4 207% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 120 133% 220 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 353%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$38 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 90 147343481 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 309 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 395734815 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 19283 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 555089952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10826 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 280 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 280 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 117123758181869 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51409969707 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90640198481	106% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 172 Mixed 153 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 5.16 4K Mixed 0.54 178% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 292GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55024176 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17920 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5852119 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 511589023773 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 84941 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 -140737488355299 (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 -14821932135917 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5930348495 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4877747789	86.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 145 Mixed 146 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.3 102% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 28.2 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 31 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

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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	3,210x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

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 $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,083

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16