Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 05:42
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 267 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 745 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 103 Parallax 93.4 81% 98.4 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 74.2 67% 83.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3742 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1773 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80952144 (AE) Unknown 100 100 321 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 363 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 88 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25887 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13577 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1656017121	97.7% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 409 Mixed 372 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 28.9 137% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 75.3 121% 229 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 101%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 732GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 152 11150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1823 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1534 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1753 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	67.4% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 110 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 100%
Seagate ST925032 0AS 250GB 1,499 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 200GB free Firmware: HP07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109995085 (03) Spinup time 99 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 138200305 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6500 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 35 20805343182878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 123 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7283 (C2) HDA temperature 30 65 21474836510 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 38 109995085 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	30.7% Below average	Read 48.2 Write 59 Mixed 51.5 40% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.24 48% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GTZR CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GTZR 32GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 108%

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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 $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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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