Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 02:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$235 712,312 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)	91% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 767 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 60.9 53% 64.6 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 54.5 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDBAK128MAG-1G1 128GB 1,036 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0005 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3457 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1888 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 67 67 1687 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 91031951461290 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 261 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 29 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 67 67 33 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	47.4% Average	Read 263 Write 115 Mixed 178 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 3.7 84% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 16.9 50% 110 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 50%
Seagate ST31000333AS 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 731GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 146 146 34385691011 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 771 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 771 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 171799674914 (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	99.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 171 Mixed 162 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 63GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 338318922 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5386 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 806223908 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 58 186159174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	51.4% Above average	Read 85.1 Write 94 Mixed 89 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$63 6,179 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 102%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,227x
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	755x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	656x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	450x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	212x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	186x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,091

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16