Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	257% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 11:32
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 792 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% 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 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 210 Parallax 200 152% 199 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+5.4TBHDD 3.5TB free Firmware: 16.0 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,761 Write 1,359 Mixed 1,414 405% 1,844 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 42.6 180% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 89.3 97% 164 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 254%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 211GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q 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 97 97 11600 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1115 (B1) Unknown 98 98 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 157 (EB) Unknown 99 99 127 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7535634203
Poor: 77% Great: 123%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 624GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 141200344 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6331 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 16152 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8437139 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2430 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 98 34360262664 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 9229369382 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 352 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35068 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 -140737488355290 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105235288673896 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23466522677 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47403425489	79.7% Very good	Read 159 Write 120 Mixed 111 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.18 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 96%
ASMT 2115 4TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free, PID null Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 136 Write 143 Mixed 115 168% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.31 109% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 80%
ASMT 2115 4TB 452 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2.5TB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71% Very good	Read 160 Write 170 Mixed 79.3 169% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 0.32 130% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.8 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 31 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 108%

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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	3,190x
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