Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 113% UFO	Workstation 134% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% 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	152% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 20:34
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 99.5 1-Core 170 2-Core 338 110% 202 Pts	4-Core 655 8-Core 916 99% 785 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3108 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 214 Parallax 211 162% 208 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 200 Splatting 137 129% 159 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 476GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	467% Outstanding	Read 4,213 Write 3,043 Mixed 4,086 842% 3,781 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 83.7 290% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 465 DQ Mixed 240 255% 426 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 467% Great: 273%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 476GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	432% Outstanding	Read 4,240 Write 3,026 Mixed 4,126 846% 3,798 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 47.5 244% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 68.6 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 45.7 57% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 432% Great: 273%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 476GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11947 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2849 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 41 (AE) Unknown 99 99 430 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 882 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 36 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 10576 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6951 (F2) Unknown 99 99 25073	434% Outstanding	Read 4,218 Write 3,072 Mixed 4,400 869% 3,897 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 47 246% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 69.1 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 233 146% 160 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 434% Great: 220%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 476GB free Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	448% Outstanding	Read 4,211 Write 3,033 Mixed 4,145 846% 3,797 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 47.6 245% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 45.8 155% 340 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 448% Great: 559%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 940 Write 977 Mixed 924 212% 947 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 29.8 176% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 53.4 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 29.2 38% 65.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 133%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 154 154 38684983689 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (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 100 100 175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 293 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 184684838947 (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	120% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 208 Mixed 188 151% 201 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 4.27 4K Mixed 0.48 174% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3761 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 48.9 MC Write 50.4 MC Mixed 33.7 127% 44.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.6 SC Write 54.1 SC Mixed 37.5 114% 40.1 GB/s	Latency 38.2 105% 38.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 117%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,188x
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	652x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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