Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 02:32
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 866 90% 724 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6262) ≥ 4GB; EVGA Geforce GTX 1060 CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 67.3 66% 75 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 73.3 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1828 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 668 (B1) Unknown 98 98 39 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24478364224	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 395 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 47.5 186% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 108 138% 248 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144851216 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1418 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8182983 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1209 (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 70 61 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9129 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (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 -38057705207819 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6073176096 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13553082907	71.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 113 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 114%
Lexar JD Secure II + 8GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 3GB free, PID a732, Lexar JD Secure II Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	8.2% Terrible	Read 23.4 Write 8.93 Mixed 9.94 15% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 45% 3.96 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.2% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 29.6 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 29.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Total price: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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