Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	278% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 02:31
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$250 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 812 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% 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 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 195 Parallax 194 146% 190 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,574 Write 1,379 Mixed 1,369 390% 1,774 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 51.3 229% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 602 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 218 240% 410 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 254%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 238GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^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 13033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2606 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 258 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5712339010370 (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 89 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	70.2% Very good	Read 501 Write 231 Mixed 338 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 5.72 98% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 5.11 58% 136 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 74%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 197GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10905 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1597 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 156 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44316495806	98.8% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 344 Mixed 352 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 31 148% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 105 131% 236 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 166GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12723 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2153 (B1) Unknown 95 95 159 (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 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 246 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17731290307	110% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 491 Mixed 499 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 28 148% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 76.9 134% 262 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 165GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12963 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2014 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (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 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 220 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8462792385	97.9% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 342 Mixed 351 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 29.5 146% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 93.9 126% 232 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 97GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12922 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2002 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 213 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8923891487	97.9% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 344 Mixed 351 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 29.1 146% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 95.9 127% 233 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 420GB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 97 6062872 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 57 786075353632 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 2775087251488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10322 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 100 6062872 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6060198857657 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37793818605 (F2) Unknown 100 253 240339557759
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 370GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 1690 (03) Spinup time 175 173 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4622 (05) Reallocated sector count 190 190 299 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2214 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4434 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 154 154 46 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.7% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 96.6 Mixed 89 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 370GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4679 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2215 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4490 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.7% Good	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 82.6 73% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 88%
Kingston DT HyperX 3.0 126GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free, PID 162b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 265 Write 59.4 Mixed 57.7 121% 127 MB/s	4K Read 9.25 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 1.29 112% 3.84 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 86%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.1 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 29.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 104%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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: $1,116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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