Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 19:06
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 757 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 157 Parallax 134 126% 149 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34013617 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 842 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 59 253404184604 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1198299611415 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4321 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8894 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7925 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5094 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 496 Write 305 Mixed 290 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 17.9 110% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 39.4 89% 188 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 107%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 446GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1326 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 168 (A9) Unknown 100 100 973 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 61 (AE) Unknown 100 100 226 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 39 167504642078 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 515 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32188 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20788 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16496 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	92.2% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 486 Mixed 486 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 19.1 134% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 17.8 32% 60.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 114%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 474GB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1086 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1026 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 963 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (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	64.6% Good	Read 115 Write 109 Mixed 108 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.4 127% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 90%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 396GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 88 10383828 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2705 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 357730624 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3349 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 689963048 (C2) HDA temperature 40 51 55834574888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 46 161272325 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967294 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967294 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.2% Average	Read 75.3 Write 75.1 Mixed 71.5 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 109GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65845587 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45654467 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2908 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 133146017842 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 572325922 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 24 65845587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 174 56625	33.9% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 55.3 Mixed 52.4 43% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.49 105% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 686 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 110%

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Gaming 105%

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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