Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	41.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	231% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 875 93% 742 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.2% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 47.9 Splatting 52.7 46% 56.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 286GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4171 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 581 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 161 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15912366761
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 885 Mixed 1,079 292% 1,330 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 48.1 250% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 673 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 174 214% 388 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209702888 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 56 64433824091 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (B4) Unknown 100 100 55551085 (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 69 56 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42234 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 21474836511 (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 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 191 Mixed 183 140% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 744GB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 122 (03) Spinup time 172 172 38681444709 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1437 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1705 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1705 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 274878562338 (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 200 200 0	77.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 138 Mixed 111 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.36 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 280GB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237151936 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 52 330727796909 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1120 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 12885229575 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 67 35 1417894494241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21997 (C2) HDA temperature 33 65 21474836513 (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 42756399435654 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57945442258 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57032774670
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
JMicron Generic DISK00 8TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 876GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 149 Write 116 Mixed 64.2 130% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 7.39 4K Mixed 0.41 268% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 76%
JMicron Generic DISK02 8TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 327GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 121 Write 109 Mixed 67.4 121% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.65 4K Mixed 0.47 279% 2.94 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 80%
JMicron Generic DISK01 8TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 314GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 120 Write 166 Mixed 75.8 156% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 0.44 439% 4.56 MB/s	DQ Read 1.48 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 0.59 409% 4.44 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 91%
JMicron Generic DISK03 8TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 132GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 162 Write 118 Mixed 60.1 131% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 7.65 4K Mixed 0.62 285% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 110%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,223x
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	754x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	655x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	211x
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	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: $1,091

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16