Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.1% 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	116% 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	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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 12:40
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 99.2 1-Core 170 2-Core 338 110% 202 Pts	4-Core 648 8-Core 906 98% 777 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1661 MHz, MLim: 1975 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 84.4 81% 93.9 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 78.3 70% 86 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 596GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,568 Write 2,419 Mixed 2,491 557% 2,492 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 37.8 200% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 51.2 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 252 150% 154 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 273%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 596GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,536 Write 2,450 Mixed 2,459 555% 2,482 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 59.8 228% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 50.7 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 37.1 48% 82 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 273%
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 596GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4717 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1020 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 60 45 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 94 (EB) Unknown 99 99 202 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27794904544

Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 596GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,557 Write 2,437 Mixed 2,465 556% 2,486 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 38.1 200% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 51.5 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 36.8 48% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 214%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 596GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11803 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2711 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 39 (AE) Unknown 99 99 396 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 882 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 36 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 9984 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6390 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24302	315% Outstanding	Read 2,562 Write 2,429 Mixed 2,485 557% 2,492 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 38.4 203% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 51.4 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 37.1 48% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 220%
Samsung 850 PRO 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15007 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2200 (B1) Unknown 97 97 25 (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 63 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1651 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8780208846	116% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 503 Mixed 479 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 31.5 170% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 28.6 106% 233 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 155 155 38680068556 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 58 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 180389871656 (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 200 200 0	117% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 206 Mixed 197 152% 202 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.41 4K Mixed 0.52 163% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 45.5 MC Mixed 32.4 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 37.5 106% 37.1 GB/s	Latency 39.8 100% 39.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%

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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 $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 67% - Good

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