Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.8% 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	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	3%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (98^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 768 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 112 Parallax 105 81% 106 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 100 80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 79 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 69 67 141735428127 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9985	57.3% Above average	Read 509 Write 96.7 Mixed 166 55% 257 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 9.03 101% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 41.3 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 11 24% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20598709 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7223 (05) Reallocated sector count 78 78 917 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 326769445 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3023 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 176096346153 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538443808 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 81604378656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 18 20598709 (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 -131292855247036 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1765858004 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2880207014	64.6% Good	Read 114 Write 111 Mixed 109 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.58 131% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 460GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 442 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 437 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 373 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (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	84.3% Excellent	Read 161 Write 133 Mixed 139 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.33 141% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 109%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 278GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 111 108 7425 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6459 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3555 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 142 142 176348 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 33 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.6% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 90.4 Mixed 90.2 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 28GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 23 (03) Spinup time 112 107 7400 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3926 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 179506 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 31 (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 334910 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 6	48.9% Average	Read 83.6 Write 86.8 Mixed 74.7 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 29.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 30 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 102%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS IX HERO Builds (Compare 4,177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,201x
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	750x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16