Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 100% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	142% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 12:31
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 800 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 164 Parallax 142 133% 156 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 153 Splatting 118 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19092 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 342 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 72 61 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26293693013	142% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 503 Mixed 509 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 66 242% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 145 168% 289 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 135%
Wl4000gs A6472 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 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 216 177 6183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 317 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7453 (C2) HDA temperature 124 114 28 (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	84.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 148 Mixed 142 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.28 109% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184145616 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 937915 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 471400474 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22444 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79173427151973 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1996257487 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16353718662	93.3% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 146 Mixed 136 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 96%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 683GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 98.9 Write 107 Mixed 98.5 132% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 45%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 320GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 220GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 39.8 Mixed 39.2 51% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.27 43% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%
Lexar Pro LRW400 -0 128GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 113GB free, PID b054 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 147 Write 86.2 Mixed 32 96% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 1.27 140% 4.96 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 31.6 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

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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	3,210x
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	449x

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 $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $1,083

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16