Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90.8%, 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	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 12:44
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 710 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 196 Parallax 207 150% 196 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 176 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 240GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2773 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2422457697623 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 35 279172874286 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1954218901959 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2262 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12920 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5943 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4449 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.4% Good	Read 495 Write 309 Mixed 376 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 9.33 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 5.5 46% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 0.05 54% 128 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 99%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 472GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 143 143 38684721615 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1952 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1952 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 257698758694 (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	77% Very good	Read 140 Write 128 Mixed 115 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 3.38 4K Mixed 0.35 138% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 47GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5771 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7636 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1832 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5992 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5992 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 244813856802 (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	70% Good	Read 127 Write 117 Mixed 141 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 16GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 73%

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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 $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