Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	140% 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	281% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^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-$250 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 794 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751); gtx 1080 ti auros xtreme eddition CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 212 Parallax 210 163% 207 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 193 Splatting 130 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNH512GCST 512GB 323 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 441GB free Firmware: HTGAN102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2746 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 17188425375 (AE) Unknown 200 200 2254857 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 268 (C2) HDA temperature 75 51 210454249497 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 425111 (F2) Unknown 100 100 838321 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	97.9% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 487 Mixed 503 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 24.7 134% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 170 134% 175 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 106%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,901 Write 1,400 Mixed 1,462 422% 1,921 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 51 248% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 61.6 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 30.6 51% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 28.6 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

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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 $250Bench 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 $76Bench 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: $1,116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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