Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 21:26
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 803 85% 677 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 75 Parallax 66.4 62% 72.4 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 70 Splatting 71.7 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 852GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (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 74 68 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 174927693	94.9% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 405 Mixed 414 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 29 146% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 127 108% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,104 Write 1,684 Mixed 1,517 393% 1,769 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 35.4 196% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 538 DQ Write 481 DQ Mixed 38 158% 352 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 353%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (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 41 (C2) HDA temperature 125 119 25 (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	99.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 174 Mixed 147 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.27 118% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (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 31 (C2) HDA temperature 122 119 28 (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	97.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 170 Mixed 156 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.27 118% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 101%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -0 64GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 60GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 144 Write 130 Mixed 121 166% 132 MB/s	4K Read 9.72 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 1.2 127% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

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 $179	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