Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 21:29
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 848 88% 708 Pts	64-Core 864 54% 864 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.3% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 8.38 Parallax 7.5 6% 7.73 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 12.5 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 7.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 687 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 190 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8110061659	111% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 408 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 40.1 175% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 110 133% 233 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 172 7983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 221 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2594 (C2) HDA temperature 124 120 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80% Very good	Read 131 Write 148 Mixed 138 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.29 109% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 171 5725 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 265 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1620 (C2) HDA temperature 125 119 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 155 Mixed 147 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.21 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 272GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1258016 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 58 12888694916 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 891 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 43 198005817369 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29305 (C2) HDA temperature 25 57 -140737488355303 (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 43748536878674 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13646386394 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17022202784	88.3% Excellent	Read 170 Write 138 Mixed 141 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 136 Write 85.8 Mixed 94.5 127% 105 MB/s	4K Read 6.31 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 1.67 164% 3.48 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	651x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	446x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Total price: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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