Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 21:35
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 733 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 207 Parallax 185 153% 193 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 183 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1842 (A5) Unknown 100 100 247755 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 62 (AE) Unknown 100 100 455 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 35 214749085731 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 206 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 439 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10964750406 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8932175814	42.5% Average	Read 445 Write 215 Mixed 232 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 7.23 35% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 7.07 10% 18.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 175GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85883520 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3970 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17978532 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3875 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 571998242 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43089 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 64424509474 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 60374355299139 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -115493960951080 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -7182799896159	87.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 166 Mixed 138 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.39 102% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 22.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,189x
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	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 $92Bench 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: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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