Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 05:36
Run Duration	666 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 731 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 100 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 92 82% 94.2 fps	Gravity 73.8 Splatting 71.7 64% 72.7 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1695 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (64) Unknown 100 100 1397056 (65) Unknown 100 100 182208 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 419 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1369 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 167504969762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2559 (EA) Unknown 100 100 818 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2151 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1236 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	63.3% Good	Read 469 Write 248 Mixed 244 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 12.2 74% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 21.5 58% 127 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 653GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 230537528 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2754710 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (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 64 58 605224996 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 213 (C2) HDA temperature 36 17 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 230537528 (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 -6352256629113 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2871100669 (F2) Unknown 100 253 788780727	91.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 159 Mixed 134 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.31 101% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 113%
Hitachi TOURO S 1TB 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 601GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 114 Write 97.5 Mixed 105 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 75%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 832 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 02a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.6% Terrible	Read 22 Write 12.4 Mixed 15.3 20% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.06 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 27% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 8%
Sony Storage Media 32GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 14GB free, PID 06b1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.47% Terrible	Read 11.6 Write 8.78 Mixed 12.2 14% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.88 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 29% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.47% Great: 31%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.04% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 3.24 Mixed 4.37 8% 8.63 MB/s	4K Read 7.09 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.006 27% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.04% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
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	652x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

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	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
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: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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