Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	333% 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	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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 09:02
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 601 80% 600 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65% Good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 134 73% 80.5 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,678 Write 2,684 Mixed 2,296 570% 2,552 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 30.5 198% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 58.4 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 151 103% 123 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 313%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 45GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14824 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3796 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2160 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4308468346 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 72 471466012 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2160 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2415022 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 72 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 206 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2415022 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2948969	93.6% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 290 Mixed 366 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 32 145% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 107 126% 219 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3842 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1276 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 698 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22470669592
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 380GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 132 5566 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13214 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3681 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 592 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13125 (C2) HDA temperature 116 86 31 (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	37.8% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 61.5 Mixed 54.5 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 115 Write 93.2 Mixed 76.3 116% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.27 41% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 30.6 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 32.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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