Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	206% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 01:48
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 792 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.3 82% 102 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 96.2 77% 93.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 239GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 776 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8585314 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 844 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 62 266288955419 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 120260001820 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1544 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2015 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1915 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5389 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 494 Write 338 Mixed 278 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 21.2 93% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 42.3 96% 203 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 107%
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$60 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2,354 Write 677 Mixed 494 253% 1,175 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 22.6 137% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 633 DQ Mixed 30.5 202% 469 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 204%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 123 Mixed 119 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.13 48% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 67%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206944712 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 210 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1684688 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (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 64 56 622526500 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 287 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 64424509476 (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 -31825707662040 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5481611765 (F2) Unknown 100 253 432319690	86.6% Excellent	Read 121 Write 180 Mixed 120 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.59 185% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33.3 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 28.6 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 119%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,185x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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	218x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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