Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	270% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 20:00
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	26%

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-$230 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 273 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 766 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 26.6 Parallax 22.1 19% 23.9 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 34.1 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,772 Write 1,239 Mixed 1,493 403% 1,835 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.6 199% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 651 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 206 244% 428 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 254%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 206GB free Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 85 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1954 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 85902753821 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 201976 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47302 (F2) Unknown 100 100 123287 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	98.7% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 420 Mixed 466 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 31.8 125% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 85.3 130% 245 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 188 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7734 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2051 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 391 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 150199 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 36 (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 0
Poor: 29% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 114GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 190 186 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2442 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 122 122 235787 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 32 (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 0	32.4% Below average	Read 53 Write 59.6 Mixed 53 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.13 55% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 90GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 187 6208 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9602 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2443 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 129649 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 31 (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 0
Poor: 29% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 99%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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