Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.63% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	311% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 18:13
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 871 91% 732 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4551 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.63% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.09 6% 9.29 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.63% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,772 Write 1,894 Mixed 2,064 497% 2,243 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 37.7 211% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 52.8 DQ Write 952 DQ Mixed 364 324% 456 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 353%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 751GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 177 5691 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12551 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 123 Mixed 119 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.2 106% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 83%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 598GB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2781 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 102 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 304 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 307072 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 611 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454511639 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 281 (F1) Unknown 94 94 8283048 (F2) Unknown 97 94 4346879 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	55.1% Above average	Read 86.9 Write 105 Mixed 89.2 70% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 382GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 149 149 21503082832 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9155 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 223339544606 (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	85.4% Excellent	Read 157 Write 140 Mixed 133 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.17 101% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 30 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 31.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,197x
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	747x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $97Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

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 $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