Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.9% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 03:47
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 99 1-Core 147 2-Core 284 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 821 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 71.8 67% 78.3 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 77.7 62% 75.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 146GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^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 2561 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2263 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 60 (AE) Unknown 100 100 457 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8409557632755 (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 85 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	66% Good	Read 496 Write 252 Mixed 333 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 4.54 94% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 5.25 34% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 239 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 625 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 365 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5120741780	94.9% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 407 Mixed 413 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 26.9 156% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 27.5 36% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 481GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 183 172 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20250 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17261 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19782 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 35 (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	64.6% Good	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 114 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.5 148% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 433GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 100 (03) Spinup time 182 171 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20213 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17253 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 460 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19752 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 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 2	62.5% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.42 140% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 76%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 323GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 238 235 3091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1014 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 885 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 671 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 31 (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 0	74.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 124 Mixed 111 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 3.51 4K Mixed 0.5 166% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C18 2x8GB 1,410 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 46.4 MC Mixed 32.1 118% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 36.4 106% 37 GB/s	Latency 41.1 97% 41.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 130%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,190x
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	447x

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 $90Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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