Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 00:19
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 157 2-Core 318 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 878 90% 728 Pts	64-Core 887 55% 887 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.1% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.53 7% 9.68 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.1% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1516 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 759 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 306 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 171799609372 (F1) Unknown 100 100 152488	80.5% Excellent	Read 516 Write 346 Mixed 357 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 9.85 96% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 46.2 92% 190 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 101%
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 56GB free Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,633 Write 1,044 Mixed 1,303 294% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 56 217% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 126 184% 337 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 181%
Toshiba MK3265GSX 320GB-$91 6,085 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 56GB free Firmware: GJ002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1115 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 8456 (0A) Spinup retry count 154 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2432 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 82 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 38 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 168 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 41615995 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 50660 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	31.1% Below average	Read 51.9 Write 56.4 Mixed 61 43% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.3 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 30.5 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 108%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,214x
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	449x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,079

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16