Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	222% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 05:50
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (54^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 716 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 206 Parallax 203 139% 193 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 184 Splatting 133 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% 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% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,949 Write 1,362 Mixed 1,194 332% 1,502 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 28.8 194% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 58.3 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 232 142% 149 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 249GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,984 Write 1,471 Mixed 1,270 349% 1,575 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 52.3 220% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 57.5 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 318 259% 347 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80214384 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 93776782 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2249 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 56 4665114646 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65147 (C2) HDA temperature 22 44 -140737488355306 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 240518178523 (F1) Unknown 100 253 94545958805090 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -129983194728483	95.1% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 166 Mixed 125 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.34 92% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 775GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145093152 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6987 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8605582453 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1656 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 79 58 353304597 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22965 (C2) HDA temperature 21 42 47244640277 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -69630009795272 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22677247660 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43742251661	76% Very good	Read 129 Write 136 Mixed 131 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 18 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 74.8 53% 74.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 117%

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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 $95Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,081

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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