Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 08:23
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 208 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 539 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 106 Parallax 88.7 76% 95.9 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 93.9 75% 90.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 6181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1041 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 225 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2595 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 56 188979740713 (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 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31816925099 (F7) Unknown 100 100 995000794 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1176072969	96.1% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 396 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 32 133% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 66.2 97% 184 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157641768 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1184 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2964176 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (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 60 60 672596008 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5912 (C2) HDA temperature 40 40 81604378664 (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 76690936038885 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1741341704 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14678521811	91.4% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 176 Mixed 131 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.66 199% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 110%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 46GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 132 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9308 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4393 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9308 (C2) HDA temperature 98 93 45 (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	42.2% Average	Read 75.7 Write 71 Mixed 71 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.26 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 106%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,199x
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	749x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	653x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,082

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16