Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	176% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 03:30
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 749 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 62 Parallax 87.8 58% 73.6 fps	MRender 61.6 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 79 56% 66.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,400 Write 910 Mixed 1,194 259% 1,168 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 33.4 142% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 193 228% 393 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 230%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 20GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2901 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 57 57 1302 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1052 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 53 201863462959 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 57 57 43 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 52664667888 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1374152724 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3075430	66.3% Good	Read 484 Write 134 Mixed 200 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 23.3 100% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 40 71% 143 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 77%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 501GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190168072 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16356206 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3343 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 52 13624999980 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2564 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 126020 (C2) HDA temperature 44 48 -140737488355284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 31 190168072 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	66.9% Good	Read 113 Write 121 Mixed 111 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 19.5 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 110%

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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 $90Bench 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