Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.1%, 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	234% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 04:23
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 (91^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 676 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 197 Parallax 186 150% 189 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 179 Splatting 126 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT256MX100SSD1 512GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 257GB free Firmware: X6104000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2031634 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 206 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 58 249110003744 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 213 (EA) Unknown 100 100 228 (F1) Unknown 253 253 224 (F2) Unknown 253 253 21 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	96.6% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 451 Mixed 444 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 32.7 117% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 71.7 109% 207 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 97%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,105 Write 1,170 Mixed 1,158 325% 1,478 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.6 198% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 194 208% 349 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3500418AS 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 209 209 4550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1 (C2) HDA temperature 105 103 45 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 155 Mixed 157 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.28 115% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 89%
Seagate ST31000520AS 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 888GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 177 5475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2885 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2386 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17593 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 129 Mixed 125 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 77%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 715GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 89.6 Write 90.9 Mixed 85.2 114% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 32.8 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 120%

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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	3,209x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16