Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 21:26
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 276 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 827 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.2 83% 104 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 100 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12315560 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 129 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 132939159 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 488177691 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 157 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 64424509467 (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 -132890583100795 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13354545786 (F2) Unknown 100 253 125142245980	89.8% Excellent	Read 139 Write 172 Mixed 129 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.47 4K Mixed 0.57 194% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185544200 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3071 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4390387 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 63 437387286 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9138 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 64424509462 (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 80552111638023 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3551363814 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25318599955	88.2% Excellent	Read 125 Write 181 Mixed 133 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.65 199% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 110%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 859GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 96 Write 80 Mixed 72.4 103% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 43%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 4GB 1,235 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.04% Terrible	Read 30.4 Write 7.41 Mixed 8.61 15% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.07 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 32% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.04% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2988 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.5 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 28.6 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 103%

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Gaming 105%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	651x
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 $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: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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