Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 16:32
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 569 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 123 Parallax 117 96% 120 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 222 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 66 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 267	81% Excellent	Read 506 Write 329 Mixed 337 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 10.3 102% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 45.9 95% 196 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1531 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1691 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1691 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 188979740710 (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 1	97.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 170 Mixed 167 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDT721032SLA380 320GB 4,331 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 298GB free Firmware: ST2OA39D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 100 119 (03) Spinup time 109 100 17195139297 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1534 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1265 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1619 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1619 (C2) HDA temperature 206 136 193274839069 (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	58.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 105 Mixed 99 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.43 108% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x4GB 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 24.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

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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