Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	254% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 11:26
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 790 83% 664 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 208 Parallax 184 154% 193 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 183 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 899GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,126 Write 1,436 Mixed 1,318 360% 1,627 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 47.3 205% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 177 206% 356 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 302%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 7GB free Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11382 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2423 (A6) Unknown 100 100 81 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 302 (A9) Unknown 100 100 208 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 185 (AE) Unknown 100 100 140 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 117 502512025627 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1552 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 23605 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10641 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17116 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	88.8% Excellent	Read 455 Write 261 Mixed 335 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 23.9 147% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 60.7 101% 199 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10723316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 136425341207027 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1324 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 135 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 47248244768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10723316 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10723316 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10723316 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5395 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4917 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4917 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8626	59.4% Above average	Read 458 Write 83.6 Mixed 132 48% 225 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 15.5 111% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 83 DQ Mixed 29.4 39% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 69%
Samsung HN-M101MBB 1TB-$45 3,466 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 377 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3452 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11124 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17448 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 97 97 3369 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5645 (B5) Unknown 100 100 16541816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6886 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 253403725850 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1174 (DF) Load/unload retry count 97 97 3369 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 621999	35.1% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 60.6 Mixed 70.1 49% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 59%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 32GB 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 26GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 37.3 Mixed 38.4 50% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.01 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 1.23 128% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 31.5 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 31 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,231x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	757x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	657x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	451x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	214x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	171x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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