Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 22:19
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 299 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 844 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 122 Parallax 116 92% 117 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY4 128GB 1,160 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42734 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (E8) Unknown 100 100 64629087635 (E9) Unknown 93 0 93	71.8% Very good	Read 275 Write 290 Mixed 243 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 23.9 107% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 67.6 101% 186 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 386GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 93 48135544 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 267176123 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4412 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 674 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 26240942107 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 361688 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 43 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 605590400059 (F1) Unknown 100 253 131995783982601 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28457472875067	85.3% Excellent	Read 140 Write 158 Mixed 144 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 235GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189673896 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5330131 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27954 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 51539607581 (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 -136970802035119 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9940457014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 95335738448	64.7% Good	Read 126 Write 99.9 Mixed 114 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 102GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 180 167 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22127 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	71.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 118 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.4 111% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 28.1 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $76Bench 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