Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 125% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 103%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	201% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$300 82,067 User benchmarks - Average bench 100% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	SC Int 138 SC Float 144 SC Mixed 139 112% 140 Pts	QC Int 473 QC Float 543 QC Mixed 517 116% 511 Pts	MC Int 706 MC Float 794 MC Mixed 761 113% 754 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$470 108,160 User benchmarks - Average bench 125% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Lighting 387 Reflection 335 Parallax 329 113% 350 fps	MRender 245 Gravity 420 Splatting 255 134% 306 fps
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 142%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$117 32,798 User benchmarks - Average bench 224% 77GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM !4KALIGNED Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,599 Write 1,121 Mixed 1,147 286% 1,289 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 34.5 217% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 62.2 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 28.5 48% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 181% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 268%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$78 5,499 User benchmarks - Average bench 72% 58GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 358 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 188495209	77.6% Very good	Read 493 Write 274 Mixed 278 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 17.6 125% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 63.1 64% 98.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$80 3,303 User benchmarks - Average bench 94% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 143 143 34387526007 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (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 100 100 714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 184684970019 (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 200 200 0	65.3% Good	Read 105 Write 123 Mixed 102 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.09 36% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 111%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 356 User benchmarks - Average bench 28% 809GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 43 Mixed 14.6 40% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$200 730 User benchmarks - Average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 31.6 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 46.8 SC Mixed 33.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 44.4 90% 44.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%

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Gaming 114%

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Desktop 127%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $205

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $300Bench 100%, 82,067 samples	4,485x
Core i5-7600KIntel $220Bench 95%, 27,314 samples	308x
Core i7-6700KIntel $314Bench 92%, 150,192 samples	239x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $470Bench 125%, 108,160 samples	1,279x
GTX 1080 TiNvidia $699Bench 159%, 40,858 samples	1,207x
GTX 1070Nvidia $390Bench 101%, 171,986 samples	954x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $235Bench 231%, 16,096 samples	558x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $117Bench 224%, 32,798 samples	528x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $159Bench 96%, 106,391 samples	513x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $163Bench 84%, 37,443 samples	417x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $180Bench 89%, 23,114 samples	386x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 84%, 3,310 samples	187x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $300	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $95
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $280	AMD RX 480 $491	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $260	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $163	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $842	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $157	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13