Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	117% 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	105% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 01:58
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 161 2-Core 323 106% 194 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 899 96% 768 Pts	64-Core 901 56% 901 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2857 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 170 Parallax 156 127% 161 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 150 Splatting 124 109% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 413GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6935 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1698 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 610 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23860685518	113% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 411 Mixed 427 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 51.2 205% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 51.5 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 119 86% 108 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1207 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 420 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 67 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 264 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4662693993	105% Outstanding	Read 533 Write 422 Mixed 432 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 30.6 179% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 54.7 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 117 94% 126 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 78 30818120 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11011 (05) Reallocated sector count 59 59 54624 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24133104 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3407 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 97 97 3 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 14702 (BC) Unknown 100 99 85901049884 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 69 39 447198724127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1401 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52309 (C2) HDA temperature 31 61 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 393 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 901943139322 (F1) Unknown 100 253 132142875777676 (F2) Unknown 100 253 103793450093538	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 189 Mixed 148 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 144 144 25795101028 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2015 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 15 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 472 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8389 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 227634184225 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 143 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.96 4K Mixed 0.42 158% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400 2.5" 320GB-$35 9,368 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 248GB free Firmware: 0003DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 2232 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1384 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4328132014 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1044 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032842 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 81 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14218 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 39 2232 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 113954072298353 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1354076587 (F2) Unknown 100 253 780333983 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 1 885 (FB) Unknown 100 1 35 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	45.7% Average	Read 79 Write 80.2 Mixed 78.5 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.42 84% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 50%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 128GB-$80 665 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 117GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 236 Write 208 Mixed 227 285% 223 MB/s	4K Read 7.62 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.65 80% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 33.9 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 47.5 SC Mixed 35.3 103% 36.1 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 148%

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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	3,186x
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: $1,116

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) $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