Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% 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	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '17 at 05:04
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 260 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 805 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 116 Parallax 93.9 83% 104 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 102 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 70GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15946 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 225 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 149 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21643417880	118% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 414 Mixed 424 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.8 190% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 102 135% 247 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 95 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2048 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35533 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 84 84 504 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12592919021308 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 576 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 143 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 84 84 16 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	52.1% Above average	Read 502 Write 110 Mixed 159 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 6.44 82% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 9.42 21% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 65%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: D781 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 163 Mixed 156 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.16 46% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 686GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7803 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7517 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 30 (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	91.9% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 138 Mixed 87.5 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.26 89% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1.5TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1.5TB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 79.6 Write 83.4 Mixed 57.2 93% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.18 35% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 34%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,774 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 756GB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 95.8 Write 99.2 Mixed 68.9 111% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0836 1TB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 742GB free, PID 0836 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 81.7 124% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$110 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 105%

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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	3,212x
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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,079

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16