Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 04:18
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 608 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 22.8 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 25.8 20% 24.5 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 396GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 178264216	126% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 498 Mixed 516 114% 513 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49.1 194% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 160 174% 290 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 979 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25792807197 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 895 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 61 261994119194 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 347895103569 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3089 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5850 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5147 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5620 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 494 Write 330 Mixed 300 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 21.3 125% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 38.8 91% 193 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 107%
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 48GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2628603 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -26285199839617 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3017 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 806 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 65535 (BE) vendor-specific 28 46 68722491420 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 68722491420 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2628603 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 32 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2628603 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2628603 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4892 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2846 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2846 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5034	47.6% Average	Read 196 Write 118 Mixed 139 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 11 104% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 11.4 26% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 91%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 718GB free Firmware: 0304 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 65%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 441GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 81.4 Write 90.5 Mixed 93.6 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 76GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5160 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2877 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 511 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4648 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 26 (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	63.2% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 104 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 33GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 91 61969731 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15914 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 252 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 73112861688 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4746 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 568 (BC) Unknown 100 98 9 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 471269404 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 77309411356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 22 61969731 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 39 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 98 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42176578814137 (F1) Unknown 100 253 799899461 (F2) Unknown 100 253 993075625	48.3% Average	Read 98.6 Write 69.8 Mixed 85.7 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.43 89% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 68%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 20GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 136 136 21493055766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2424 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3943 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3943 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094773277 (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 1	57.5% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 103 Mixed 103 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.2% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 19.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,216x
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 $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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $1,083

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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