Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	220% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	37.3 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 09:58
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 292 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 809 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 204 Parallax 176 144% 185 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 175 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,507 Write 1,048 Mixed 1,171 276% 1,242 MB/s	4K Read 61.7 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 43.9 233% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 274 296% 497 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
AVSSDS3E100Z-240GB 240GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 140GB free Firmware: SBFM10.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2811 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 967 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 78 78 523 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3080273 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8223	86.5% Excellent	Read 327 Write 433 Mixed 490 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 10.3 117% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 16.6 96% 219 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 614GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 149523018 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4310567 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 912 (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 66 52 572522530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2927 (C2) HDA temperature 34 16 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 149523018 (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 -68809671047477 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2642181644 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4044517309	97.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 168 Mixed 145 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.3 106% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 16GB KHX2666C15D4/4G Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 16GB 40GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 16384, 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns

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Gaming 105%

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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	3,200x
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	749x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	448x

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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,075

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16