Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	123% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 02:09
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	ECU-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 494 64% 483 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 100 93% 110 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 297GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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 2362 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1552 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65546 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C2) HDA temperature 62 54 197569544230 (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 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1296 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1048 (F2) Unknown 100 100 856 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 10 (F6) Unknown 100 100 425728	92.5% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 474 Mixed 499 111% 499 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 13.4 114% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 54.1 87% 172 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 111%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 960GB-$489 164 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C5005T5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4991 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 856 (64) Unknown 100 100 8658560 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 301 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 32 (B2) Unknown 100 100 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 37679 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 100 313533857831 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10977 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 10977 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 31533 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15750 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18312 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 41686	123% Outstanding	Read 795 Write 754 Mixed 707 168% 752 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 17.9 118% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 18.1 75% 167 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 172%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 235GB free Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 4966 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1045 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1240 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196633 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 487 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 210454708256 (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 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2633 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2220 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10417 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 25 (F6) Unknown 100 100 846976	88.1% Excellent	Read 517 Write 455 Mixed 508 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 12.8 115% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 13.4 53% 109 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 111%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 109GB free Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^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 8120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1925 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 818 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327719 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 863 (C2) HDA temperature 65 50 214749610019 (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 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2299 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2125 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10126 (F4) Unknown 100 100 5 (F5) Unknown 100 100 39 (F6) Unknown 100 100 718976	91% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 496 Mixed 508 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.6 117% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 13 54% 112 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 290GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493776672 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3585 (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 7641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1597 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4038 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4038 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 201864708128 (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	68.7% Good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 119 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 197GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9360 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 10983 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6180 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437387290 (C2) HDA temperature 72 58 470941724 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 285740 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	51.5% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 90 Mixed 73.3 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 403GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138687696 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4378 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4359672794 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2775 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295098373 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 504758302 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 804 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20981 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -69054484170169 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26432200991 (F2) Unknown 100 253 228353846859	94.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 153 Mixed 145 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 29.6 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 27.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 107%

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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 $241Bench 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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	168x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Total price: $1,107

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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