Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.6% 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	236% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 16:49
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 785 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 92% 111 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 101 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M4-CT256M4SSD2 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 128 128 25789202727 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6719 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6719 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 201864577054 (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	17% Very poor	Read 166 Write 158 Mixed 167 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.21 3% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 17%
Samsung HD753LJ 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 299GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1763 (A5) Unknown 100 100 481170884136 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 42 180389609498 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622860281350 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3751 (EA) Unknown 100 100 33021 (F1) Unknown 253 253 26129 (F2) Unknown 253 253 22286 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.2% Excellent	Read 492 Write 247 Mixed 336 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 22.6 125% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 74.7 113% 214 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 91%
Samsung HD753LJ 256GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 140GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^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 22621 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4640 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 179 (AE) Unknown 100 100 229 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10333740140157 (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 86 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 631 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	62.9% Good	Read 477 Write 236 Mixed 335 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 5.8 88% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 6 33% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 94%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,483 Write 820 Mixed 1,272 333% 1,525 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 53.6 217% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 580 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 204 224% 382 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Sandisk SII480G 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 107GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2943833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -31404800842505 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4602 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 674 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2943833 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2943833 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2943833 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4520 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4351 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4351 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18555	46.4% Average	Read 193 Write 114 Mixed 111 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 11.8 89% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 32.4 53% 103 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 49%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 98GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 221 100 221 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1009 (A6) Unknown 100 100 329 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 381 (A9) Unknown 100 100 27 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 365 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 266287972382 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 79851 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12547 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7992	81.9% Excellent	Read 504 Write 375 Mixed 449 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 5.26 106% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 36.2 80% 162 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 66%
OCZ-VERT EX2 115GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 76GB free, PID 2028 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	127% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 70.7 Mixed 96.2 138% 129 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 7.79 1,166% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 34.5 DQ Mixed 8.07 1,512% 19.9 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 22,274 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 24.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 27.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,210x
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	751x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	449x

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 $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	174x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	169x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,083

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16