Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.6% 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	212% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 15:19
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (57^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 787 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 98% 117 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 87.7 79% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,939 Write 1,264 Mixed 1,181 323% 1,462 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 25.6 160% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 26.4 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 254%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 105GB free Firmware: S8FM05.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (AA) Unknown 100 100 97 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55378866 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 71 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8645 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6329	60.1% Good	Read 493 Write 199 Mixed 282 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 9.31 75% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 9.12 48% 106 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 31GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19259 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 229 (B1) Unknown 99 99 48 (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 85 49 15 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 73 73 26481 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20457816451	94.9% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 483 Mixed 507 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 23.7 125% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 22.2 66% 131 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 297GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 53 (03) Spinup time 109 92 7533 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1416 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199795 (C2) HDA temperature 133 95 14 (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 9	34.4% Below average	Read 76.8 Write 43.2 Mixed 70.9 48% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.05 37% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 192GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 18 (03) Spinup time 173 166 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3010 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1757 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 554 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2455 (C2) HDA temperature 128 92 19 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 123 114	66.1% Good	Read 145 Write 85 Mixed 92.2 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.3 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 106%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,209x
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	448x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: $1,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16