Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	201% 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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$230 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 793 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 129 Parallax 103 105% 120 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,599 Write 1,121 Mixed 1,147 286% 1,289 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 34.5 217% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 62.2 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 28.5 48% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 236%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 58GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 358 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 188495209	77.6% Very good	Read 493 Write 274 Mixed 278 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 17.6 125% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 63.1 64% 98.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 110%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 143 143 34387526007 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 184684970019 (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	65.3% Good	Read 105 Write 123 Mixed 102 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.09 36% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,440 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 809GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 43 Mixed 14.6 40% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 31.6 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 46.8 SC Mixed 33.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 44.4 90% 44.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 128%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,194x
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	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,077

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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