Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.8% 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	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 23:27
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 801 83% 667 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.2 84% 105 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^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 0 (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 4853 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1116 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 167 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3473490 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5374005 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C2) HDA temperature 62 49 219044249638 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5625 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8492 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12161 (F4) Unknown 100 100 53 (F5) Unknown 100 100 82 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1798512	56.4% Above average	Read 502 Write 356 Mixed 130 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 11 49% 11.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 83%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 410GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1601 (03) Spinup time 184 173 7800 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11452 (05) Reallocated sector count 150 1 400 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4262 (C0) Power-off retract count 167 167 24769 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 111 111 269459 (C2) HDA temperature 117 91 35 (C4) Reallocation count 112 112 88 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.2% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 60.9 Mixed 67.8 49% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 64%
WD WD5000YS-01MPB1 400GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 223GB free Firmware: 07.02E07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 223 215 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 52201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1387 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 42 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.8% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 59 Mixed 49.2 42% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 15.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 103%

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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 $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 $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 $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