Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	138% 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	302% 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	12.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 20:26
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 877 92% 735 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 217 Parallax 192 159% 201 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 188 Splatting 135 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,576 Write 1,380 Mixed 1,359 390% 1,772 MB/s	4K Read 70 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 54.9 284% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,285 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 276 304% 549 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 254%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 115GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11481 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1356 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 77313343520 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1102 (F1) Unknown 100 100 520 (F2) Unknown 100 100 264 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 462	107% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 443 Mixed 466 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34.6 151% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 85.9 125% 235 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%
Corsair Force 120GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 111GB free Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 129012227654533 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 111 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4286 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3656 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3656 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6909	27.9% Poor	Read 181 Write 72.6 Mixed 110 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 9.41 48% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 68.6 DQ Write 26.1 DQ Mixed 17 20% 37.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 101%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 247GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10367 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 539 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9827 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 33 (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	59.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 85.8 73% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3091 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 30.5 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 32.1 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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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	3,190x
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	652x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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