Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.4% 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.

Run History

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	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 00:44
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 796 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 70.3 68% 78.5 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 74.9 61% 74.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4915 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1178 (B1) Unknown 97 97 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 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8674394633	69.4% Good	Read 509 Write 239 Mixed 220 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 12.5 111% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 31.5 34% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 85%
Kingston SV100S264G 64GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 6GB free Firmware: D110225a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1826 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 171800330270 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 9109504 (AD) Unknown 100 100 56134011926	22.9% Poor	Read 181 Write 58.5 Mixed 58.7 22% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 6.41 39% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 12.9 DQ Write 23.1 DQ Mixed 6.35 8% 14.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 30%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 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 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34388246957 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 25 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1794 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2331 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 167504576540 (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 200 200 0	47.8% Average	Read 71.7 Write 94.7 Mixed 72 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 24.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 95%

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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 $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