Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 160% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 107%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	129% 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	322% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 23:24
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$309 39,610 User benchmarks - Average bench 100% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	SC Int 148 SC Float 157 SC Mixed 153 122% 153 Pts	QC Int 499 QC Float 529 QC Mixed 521 117% 517 Pts	MC Int 752 MC Float 828 MC Mixed 811 119% 797 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$500 66,256 User benchmarks - Average bench 125% MSI(1462 3362) MaxC: 1987 MHz, MaxM: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 432 Reflection 382 Parallax 403 126% 406 fps	MRender 242 Gravity 412 Splatting 250 126% 302 fps
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 143%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$300 3,458 User benchmarks - Average bench 274% 406GB free Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,583 Write 1,960 Mixed 1,920 478% 2,154 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 68.6 253% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 529 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 198 223% 381 MB/s
Poor: 203% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 332%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$89 3,747 User benchmarks - Average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 22 (C2) HDA temperature 119 118 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	93.2% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 168 Mixed 150 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.29 119% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 652 User benchmarks - Average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3021 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 29.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 31.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 100%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $225

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $309Bench 100%, 39,610 samples	2,404x
Core i5-7600KIntel $233Bench 95%, 15,109 samples	147x
Core i7-6700KIntel $315Bench 92%, 130,871 samples	133x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $500Bench 125%, 66,256 samples	754x
GTX 1070Nvidia $366Bench 99%, 123,536 samples	572x
GTX 1080 TiNvidia $700Bench 158%, 12,286 samples	455x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $169Bench 98%, 81,354 samples	368x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $220Bench 235%, 5,482 samples	314x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 95%, 127,711 samples	225x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $136Bench 87%, 13,746 samples	205x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $127Bench 82%, 20,013 samples	186x
CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 85%, 3,517 samples	107x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,339

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $309	Nvidia GTX 1070 $366	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $297	AMD RX 480 $608	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $125
Intel Core i5-7600K $233	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $243	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $169

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $50	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $127	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $34
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $696	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $46	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $144	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13