Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 18:17
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 98.7 1-Core 157 2-Core 309 104% 188 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 880 90% 728 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 67.7 64% 74.7 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 70 Splatting 72.7 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3945 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1328 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (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 47 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 403 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15034214008
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11078 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3420 (B1) Unknown 95 95 58 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 67 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1366 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34397059338	95.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 351 Mixed 358 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 22.5 140% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 22.3 91% 205 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 118%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 171 8050 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1176 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 556 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20598 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.9% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 127 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 515GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 201176080 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4977390 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3874 (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 53 623116324 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44356 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 73014444068 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 15000 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22372484636357 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13899833148 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22404985168	78.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 134 Mixed 122 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 385GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 158 4983 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11956 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7232 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11940 (C2) HDA temperature 106 93 41 (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	62.1% Good	Read 120 Write 96 Mixed 77.1 73% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 75GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 120 120 34391130591 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7054 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 18430 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 18430 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 257699020844 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 370	35% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 58.3 Mixed 51.2 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 8,117 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3235 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 31.3 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 34.2 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 42.6 94% 42.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 120%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	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	219x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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