Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	149% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 20:18
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 423 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 88% 111 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 102 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,144 Write 550 Mixed 762 180% 819 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.6 171% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 171 185% 312 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 144%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 75GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 4217 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1775 (A2) Unknown 100 100 154 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4915412 (AE) Unknown 100 100 767 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 767 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14165 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22850	55.2% Above average	Read 512 Write 24.7 Mixed 104 45% 214 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 9.29 87% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 94.7 DQ Mixed 27.4 65% 141 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 97%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2095 (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 90 90 4581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1875 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 63918 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 206159740965 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 111 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 75%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 340GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49108216 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12123344 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1210 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 50 774373420 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 322 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2938 (C2) HDA temperature 44 50 94489280556 (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 59244778884633 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18554138071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2032294123354	82.3% Excellent	Read 129 Write 156 Mixed 118 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.02 4K Mixed 0.55 184% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 34.4 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 27.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,189x
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	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: $1,107

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 $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 $40	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