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 as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	69.1% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 01:32
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 262 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 766 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21487 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1439 (B1) Unknown 52 52 576 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 536 (F1) Unknown 99 99 179008832101	69.1% Good	Read 505 Write 137 Mixed 172 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 14.8 105% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 27.3 75% 164 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 38GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13308 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 223 (B1) Unknown 56 56 221 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42509753515	85.6% Excellent	Read 491 Write 274 Mixed 276 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 27.3 128% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 62.8 97% 188 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 915GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103297344 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2177 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58649757 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1322 (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 70 65 571736094 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40626 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (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 9328668983565 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48619431123 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16283410196	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 173 Mixed 169 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.37 105% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 29.4 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 29.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 104%

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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 $125	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