Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	346% 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	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 18:36
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	MLI-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 692 66% 547 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%

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 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 698GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8291 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2510 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (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 62 40 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 7 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1418 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51751975293	95.2% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 345 Mixed 353 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 27.8 138% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 102 127% 229 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 125%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	346% Outstanding	Read 3,005 Write 2,487 Mixed 2,579 599% 2,690 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 37.7 203% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 389 DQ Mixed 166 170% 271 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 346% Great: 313%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 721GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 147 147 17203462509 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 674 (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 1539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 298 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 693 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 693 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 206159806504 (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	73.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 131 Mixed 128 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 3.39 4K Mixed 0.58 163% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 94%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	218x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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