Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 20:42
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 275 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 809 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 170 Parallax 179 132% 170 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 159 Splatting 117 106% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6759 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1959 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 253 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3276878 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 234 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 50 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18487	70.1% Very good	Read 508 Write 342 Mixed 346 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 9.63 94% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 71.3 DQ Mixed 9.57 19% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 97%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 58GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3086 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 937 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C2) HDA temperature 77 51 210453790743 (F1) Unknown 100 100 113343	92% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 425 Mixed 476 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 12 121% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 19.2 82% 183 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 89%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129890096 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15271083 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 546 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 139229954837025 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9152222228 (F2) Unknown 100 253 525459825375	97.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 167 Mixed 142 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 1.04 248% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 179GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134401680 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 108103250 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2254 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10644 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 34359738398 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 42502996368114 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61626819051 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1010356768020	95.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 169 Mixed 141 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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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 $242Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,108

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