Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	262% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 20:37
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 741 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 157 Parallax 147 125% 152 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000 994 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,295 Write 1,218 Mixed 1,591 376% 1,701 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 230 4K Mixed 52.3 249% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 215 232% 390 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 250%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 927GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6536 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1818 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 99 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10459 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 55 193274773542 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7943148632 (F7) Unknown 100 100 248759953 (F8) Unknown 100 100 182151983	94.4% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 400 Mixed 335 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 25.9 133% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 31.3 78% 163 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 104%
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 474GB free Firmware: 5.8.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4962480 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -78383153149453 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 76 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 30067654691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4962480 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4962480 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4962480 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3877 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4122 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4122 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3726	63.3% Good	Read 504 Write 191 Mixed 320 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 21.1 4K Mixed 18.9 82% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 99.2 DQ Mixed 12.9 48% 110 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 69%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 188GB free Firmware: MU05 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 100 100 393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3235 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 155 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389937188 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13775447881 (F7) Unknown 100 100 435386136 (F8) Unknown 100 100 582007872	103% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 419 Mixed 440 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 31.6 145% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 57.9 113% 227 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 108%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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