Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.1% 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	141% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	517 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 816 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 107 Reflection 164 Parallax 141 87% 137 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 153 Splatting 116 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12489 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 211 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17941933445	141% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 493 Mixed 503 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 66.4 242% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 146 164% 279 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 135%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210930616 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 184 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 419061 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13463 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (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 -6897717466284 (F1) Unknown 100 253 888790187 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14671970026	97.1% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 153 Mixed 152 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 96%
Wl4000gs A6472 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 178 7733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 183 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5385 (C2) HDA temperature 125 114 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	74.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 134 Mixed 128 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.28 116% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 709GB free, PID 259f Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 78 122% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 45%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 320GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 167GB free, PID 5021 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.24% Terrible	Read 33 Write 9.94 Mixed 21.2 24% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.25 34% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.24% Great: 18%
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 128GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 100GB free, PID 6148 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 37.7 Mixed 38.2 49% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.99 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 1.2 119% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 20%
Lexar Echo 32GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 29GB free, PID a017 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	7.7% Terrible	Read 31.7 Write 7.11 Mixed 8.57 15% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.28 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.004 24% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.7% Great: 11%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 29GB free, PID 5580 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 196 Write 90.7 Mixed 36 111% 108 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 5.01 587% 9.94 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 5.59 635% 10.5 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 93%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 28GB free, PID 5581 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 103 Write 33.2 Mixed 44.7 64% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.96 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 1.45 156% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 114%

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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	3,218x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	175x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,083

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16