Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	163% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 10:24
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 768 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

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: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 154 Parallax 134 126% 147 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000 994 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 799 Write 825 Mixed 867 186% 830 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 47.2 196% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 451 DQ Mixed 218 237% 397 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 250%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 927GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6538 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1872 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10459 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 55 193274773530 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7987982928 (F7) Unknown 100 100 250183777 (F8) Unknown 100 100 182609092	92.6% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 401 Mixed 363 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 24.8 123% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 32 82% 172 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 104%
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 474GB free Firmware: 5.8.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5349509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -45784351372638 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 44 30067654680 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5349509 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5349509 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5349509 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3897 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4135 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4135 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3743	66.2% Good	Read 496 Write 265 Mixed 336 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 17.5 77% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 62.2 72% 127 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 69%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 183GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11188 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3289 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 164 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 58 180389937177 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13851005001 (F7) Unknown 100 100 437778083 (F8) Unknown 100 100 586075924	98.3% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 415 Mixed 440 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.4 132% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 57.8 113% 226 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 28.2 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 108%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,209x
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	448x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,079

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16