Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	239% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 3440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 00:38
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 152 2-Core 299 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 842 83% 680 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 477GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 72 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 31 (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 69 68 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 60333750	123% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 503 Mixed 513 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 45.2 179% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 174 184% 304 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,950 Write 1,432 Mixed 1,524 363% 1,635 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 41.7 167% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 624 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 23.4 151% 354 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 207%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79692704 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 4308323113 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1229 (B7) Unknown 1 1 167 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 88 146031116437 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 589299747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 957 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63214 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 55834574883 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 579 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73869142533404 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34584965549 (F2) Unknown 100 253 87572497139	110% Outstanding	Read 228 Write 157 Mixed 163 137% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.59 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.28 121% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 137 11208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 359 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 340 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 73 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	107% Outstanding	Read 228 Write 146 Mixed 165 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 694GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 153 6891 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5263 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2369 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5263 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 34 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 9 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.6% Above average	Read 145 Write 58.5 Mixed 134 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 30.8 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 33 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 44.7 90% 44.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,186x
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	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	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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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