Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 05:49
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700 2 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.1% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 218 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 592 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$350 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 170 Parallax 152 126% 159 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 149 Splatting 104 97% 120 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 287GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 3347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 59 176094511132 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2908387731 (F7) Unknown 100 100 90930931 (F8) Unknown 100 100 66257213 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1955 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67% Good	Read 392 Write 276 Mixed 275 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 19.1 83% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 38.5 76% 154 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 544GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100462976 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 21746446387 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 744 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131205 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2785 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 55834574878 (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 -91100551308022 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40732904835 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1146743335671	60.9% Good	Read 91.4 Write 120 Mixed 78.5 72% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 4.52 4K Mixed 0.27 129% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 81%

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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 $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,269x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	231x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	762x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	663x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	454x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	215x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	177x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	224x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	174x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $48Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	110x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $945

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Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406