Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	105% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 09:44
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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-$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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 756 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 199 Parallax 181 151% 188 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 180 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 199 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 203 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4291340505	105% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 390 Mixed 419 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 47.2 157% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 128 133% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 34GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^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 18193 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5010 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 67 67 1006 (AE) Unknown 100 100 902 (B5) Unknown 100 100 60993054845467 (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 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 129 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 67 67 33 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	66.1% Good	Read 480 Write 190 Mixed 278 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 6.1 92% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 6.59 63% 151 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 265GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222051952 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1669 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106158034 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 949 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 605683748 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17654 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 85899345956 (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 96537979914166 (F1) Unknown 100 253 114865195163 (F2) Unknown 100 253 711097090277	95.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 161 Mixed 153 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 39GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 133 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4058 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 582 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6437 (C2) HDA temperature 103 96 40 (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 13454 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.8% Average	Read 82.9 Write 86.9 Mixed 76.3 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.37 97% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 10.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: $1,107

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