Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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.
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.

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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 82.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 288 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 672 73% 579 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.91 6% 8.95 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 171 Parallax 143 128% 157 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 156 Splatting 125 111% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 920 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 34 283468759089 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5673491190 (F7) Unknown 100 100 177610167 (F8) Unknown 100 100 55061974 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1921 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 60% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 133GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 98 98 7745 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1205 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5360214597
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Plextor PX-128M2S 128GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 38GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3984 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 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	53.7% Above average	Read 398 Write 199 Mixed 270 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 16.9 74% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 91.1 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 30.6 35% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
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: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $35	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