Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	78.8% 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	86.4% 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	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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 99.1 1-Core 164 2-Core 328 108% 197 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 909 89% 728 Pts	64-Core 913 56% 913 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1661 MHz, MLim: 1975 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 98.6 Parallax 87.6 84% 96.2 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 78.1 70% 86.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 238GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,996 Write 1,285 Mixed 1,836 448% 2,039 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 38.3 245% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 56.3 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 350 209% 212 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 213%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 238GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 3,003 Write 1,326 Mixed 1,829 451% 2,052 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 60.2 267% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 56.7 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 37.5 60% 108 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11796 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1438 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 64 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1154 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4709972797	86.4% Excellent	Read 501 Write 352 Mixed 341 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 21.9 144% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 48 DQ Write 92.9 DQ Mixed 21.4 30% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 239 227 8050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1838 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1846 (C2) HDA temperature 120 96 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 27 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.5% Good	Read 130 Write 102 Mixed 103 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.55 143% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3778 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 48.2 MC Mixed 32.3 120% 42.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 50.1 SC Mixed 36.3 108% 37.6 GB/s	Latency 40.6 98% 40.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 117%

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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	3,200x
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	749x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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

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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