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 (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 01:18
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 578 62% 491 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1557) 1GB CLim: 981 MHz, MLim: 1128 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 9979964 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 9070970947211 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2859 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 169 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9979964 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9979964 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9979964 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14854 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10869 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10869 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17619	49.9% Average	Read 211 Write 156 Mixed 146 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 10.9 92% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 44.6 59% 103 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 66%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 186GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 221 1183 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4232 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4043 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4304 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 36 (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 200 109 43054 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.8% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 84.3 Mixed 93.1 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 08D9 8GX-D4-3200-MR CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 08D9 8GX-D4-3200-MR 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%

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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	3,195x
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	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	220x
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: $1,077

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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