Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.6% 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	262% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	61.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 12:00
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$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 (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 86.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 789 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 98.9 84% 105 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 78.6 70% 86.5 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 14 (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 76 68 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24068677	93.6% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 404 Mixed 419 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 27.3 112% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 28.7 105% 234 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 477GB free Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,496 Write 1,260 Mixed 1,456 313% 1,404 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 30 141% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 43 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 265 181% 212 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,091 Write 1,682 Mixed 1,620 400% 1,798 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 55.3 163% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 509 DQ Mixed 29.6 158% 361 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 353%
Hitachi HDN728080ALE604 8TB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 7.5TB free Firmware: A4GNW91X Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 203 203 38675743047 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (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 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 141735100442 (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	113% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 196 Mixed 195 148% 196 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 0.51 155% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDN728080ALE604 8TB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 7.5TB free Firmware: A4GNW91X 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 204 204 34380644677 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (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 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 141735100441 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 193 Mixed 190 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.48 4K Mixed 0.57 167% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2C3000C16 CMK32GX4M2C3000C16 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2155, 2155, 2155, 2155 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 24.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 96%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,201x
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	750x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16