Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.8% 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	179% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 18:40
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 778 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 96% 115 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 107 Splatting 102 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 135% 764GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 986 Write 967 Mixed 963 217% 972 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.5 201% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 395 DQ Write 477 DQ Mixed 170 202% 347 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 183%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 90506384 (03) Spinup time 88 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47498905 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 60 470941717 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3322 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 68719476757 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 11 90506384 (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 102314710928446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13831057777 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3718172465	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 181 Mixed 169 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.36 152% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1491 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1451 (C2) HDA temperature 122 115 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	96.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 167 Mixed 156 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.43 140% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2A2666C16 2x16GB 1,493 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 27.7 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 95%

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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 $76Bench 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