Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89% 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	263% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 07:17
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 763 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% 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 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.1 93% 109 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,219 Write 1,289 Mixed 1,205 346% 1,571 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 59.5 243% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 603 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 213 233% 398 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 254%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 233GB free Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 2148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 175 (A3) Unknown 100 100 45 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23248 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 143615 (F2) Unknown 100 100 151522 (F5) Unknown 100 100 185984	77.2% Very good	Read 488 Write 254 Mixed 264 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 23.3 108% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 47.8 83% 166 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 95%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 119GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11639 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (E8) Unknown 100 100 4090824030 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	101% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 347 Mixed 390 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 36.8 158% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 120 144% 251 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Spcc SSD110 120GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 111GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th 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 94 94 10238791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 47545288005671 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (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 120 120 10238791 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10238791 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10238791 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22119 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17685 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17685 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24083	50.7% Above average	Read 190 Write 103 Mixed 122 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 12.2 111% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 34.2 48% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 111 Write 99.1 Mixed 68.5 69% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.53 160% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 861GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 134 Write 91 Mixed 67.4 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 6.07 4K Mixed 0.46 195% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 87%
ASMT 2115 3TB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 38.9 Write 38.6 Mixed 13 36% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.25 50% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 72%
Patriot Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 32GB-$8 268 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 24GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 17.2 Mixed 15 24% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.11 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 27% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 120%

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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	3,185x
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 $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Total price: $1,130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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