Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	261% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	56.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '17 at 07:23
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 253 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 734 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 141 Parallax 125 113% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 137 Splatting 105 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% 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% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,198 Write 1,364 Mixed 1,239 353% 1,600 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 52.5 226% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 547 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 216 233% 391 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 254%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 52GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 882 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 86 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 95 (E7) Temperature 100 100 40 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 43 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10777 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14990	96.6% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 401 Mixed 398 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35.5 143% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 68.4 108% 206 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 29GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20750 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 291 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454577188 (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 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 68881373804 (F7) Unknown 100 100 4352199927 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2216394287	102% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 477 Mixed 467 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 31 145% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 43.3 83% 160 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Mushkin ECO2 60GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 13GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3811274 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -90795608629649 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 46 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 47 73017524261 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 73017524261 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3811274 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3811274 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3811274 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 17179869184 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15703 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4030 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4030 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2803	32.2% Below average	Read 303 Write 48.1 Mixed 70.3 30% 140 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 4.64 54% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 50.1 DQ Mixed 15.1 20% 36.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 53%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 395GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215289816 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19095606 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 622592034 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10098 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 90194313250 (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 83275120905889 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20092942030 (F2) Unknown 100 253 274197065540	77.2% Very good	Read 118 Write 150 Mixed 126 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.04 4K Mixed 0.61 182% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 135%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,188x
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 $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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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