Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	112% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 02:47
Run Duration	541 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$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 above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 767 74% 611 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 189 Parallax 172 142% 178 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 170 Splatting 119 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 662 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 5.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 124 Write 93.4 Mixed 83.4 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 0.23 7% 3.99 MB/s	DQ Read 0.83 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 0.93 2% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 18%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19857 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (AF) Unknown 100 100 180781646432 (B7) Unknown 100 100 237 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 74 436863001 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1625884 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1229572 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 16076 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1229572 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1251858	112% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 479 Mixed 489 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 39.5 164% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 24 88% 191 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 102263172250146 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 523 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 523 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 461143 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 461143 (F2) Unknown 100 100 694278 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15874	93.6% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 264 Mixed 310 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 24.2 154% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 90.4 116% 208 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 95%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8833 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15526 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 49875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1019 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15287 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	94.9% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 146 Mixed 140 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.48 154% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 168 162 6583 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3920 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 510508 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	61.9% Good	Read 117 Write 98.2 Mixed 80 74% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 67%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2TB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 38.2 Mixed 16.9 38% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%
WD My Book 2TB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 2TB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 36.6 Write 39.7 Mixed 14 37% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 4.05 4K Mixed 0.61 162% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 26%
WD 2500JB External 250GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 94GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	5.72% Terrible	Read 33.3 Write 1.55 Mixed 31 25% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.46 23% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 5.72% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 30.6 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 29.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

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Desktop 90%

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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	3,216x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,083

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16