Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	267% 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 @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '17 at 05:44
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 294 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 811 83% 671 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 159 Parallax 136 130% 151 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 149 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,438 Write 1,263 Mixed 1,302 367% 1,667 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 53.3 235% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 610 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 209 233% 400 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 254%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8607 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 61 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 141735034912 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 61 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 563 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	109% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 184 Mixed 178 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 1.95 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.3 151% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 122 Write 93.8 Mixed 72.7 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 7.36 4K Mixed 0.57 233% 2.91 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 94%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8510 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 36 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 61 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 154620067873 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 61 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 569 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 190 Mixed 153 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.2 129% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241542128 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 55 47313661422 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1346 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 125042098205 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63167 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (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 -109298327741723 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55329848014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36756660262	88.1% Excellent	Read 166 Write 142 Mixed 145 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.26 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 130 Write 97.2 Mixed 68.8 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 4.27 4K Mixed 0.44 152% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154206400 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 57 12931884741 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1346 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 202385129501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 128334 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 -140737488355299 (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 133504763434203 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55419354017 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58848036600	98.6% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 167 Mixed 162 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 133 Write 101 Mixed 69.6 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 3.99 4K Mixed 0.28 150% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9490 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 96 89 105 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 287 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2765 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 403832856 (C2) HDA temperature 76 58 420610072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 412703 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	52.3% Above average	Read 89.6 Write 92.7 Mixed 99.7 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 37.6 Write 35.8 Mixed 18.6 37% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 94%

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Gaming 105%

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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	3,190x
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 $95Bench 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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Total price: $1,092

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