Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	203% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 12:26
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 295 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 837 86% 691 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 162 Parallax 135 127% 151 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 151 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2643 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2471 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 76 58 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1432 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14721321479	113% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 395 Mixed 413 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 45.6 180% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 131 147% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 372GB free Firmware: 8EV101F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,017 Write 954 Mixed 1,297 313% 1,422 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 49.5 237% 99.9 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 794 DQ Mixed 237 354% 670 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 230%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 211GB free Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 41 94491967524 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6754 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6754 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8658 (F9) Unknown 100 100 188 (FC) Unknown 100 100 1	108% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 427 Mixed 434 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 40 156% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 24.7 96% 212 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 90%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 170GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4073430 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 158 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 63075889711658 (0C) Power cycle count 61 61 40918 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 0 0 40616 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 20 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 41 51542294550 (C2) HDA temperature 22 41 51542294550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4073430 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 158 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4073430 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4073430 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 85899345921 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3298 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2557 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2557 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2223 (F4) Unknown 100 100 5242899	78.4% Very good	Read 491 Write 261 Mixed 321 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 19.4 125% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 60.7 72% 117 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,019 Write 903 Mixed 1,096 294% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 31.1 204% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 52.3 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 31.4 70% 135 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 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 117 99 122439032 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1941 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1219169 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1300 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 47245361166 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 56 387383319 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1072 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4799 (C2) HDA temperature 23 44 47244640279 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 71137543324090 (F1) Unknown 100 253 563663644 (F2) Unknown 100 253 516463693	113% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 186 Mixed 179 144% 191 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 0107 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 151 Mixed 143 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.2 102% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 141 Write 132 Mixed 101 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 7.99 4K Mixed 0.54 242% 3.12 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 104%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0107 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 123 Mixed 97.8 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 84%
ASMT 2115 8TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 3.5TB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 108 Write 146 Mixed 111 161% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 0.56 438% 4.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 12 DQ Mixed 0.56 432% 4.56 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 4,792 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 106%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,189x
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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
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: 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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