Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% 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	248% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 15:02
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 796 84% 672 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% 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: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 90% 109 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M4-CT256M4SSD2 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1TB 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 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21494366506 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1303 (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 3872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 749 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6907 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6907 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 201864445983 (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	17.2% Very poor	Read 153 Write 168 Mixed 160 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.24 3% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 17%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 337GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 69 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4295491591 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 40 257698037799 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8590131203 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 115 (EA) Unknown 100 100 137 (F1) Unknown 253 253 134 (F2) Unknown 253 253 881 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.7% Good	Read 481 Write 301 Mixed 286 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 2.17 80% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 2.81 62% 145 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 76%
Samsung HD753LJ 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 248GB 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 11036 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1831 (A5) Unknown 100 100 485466375729 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 42 180389609499 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622861592070 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3892 (EA) Unknown 100 100 33212 (F1) Unknown 253 253 26304 (F2) Unknown 253 253 22789 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	91.2% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 309 Mixed 369 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 28 133% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 75.4 114% 216 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,707 Write 953 Mixed 1,233 356% 1,631 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 42.8 205% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 563 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 193 214% 367 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 236%
Sandisk SII480G 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 118GB 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 3448118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 125438814873168 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4670 (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 3448118 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3448118 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3448118 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4554 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4379 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4379 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18602	49.1% Average	Read 209 Write 116 Mixed 91.6 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 12 95% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 32.1 56% 111 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 49%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 86GB 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 223 100 223 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1077 (A6) Unknown 100 100 333 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 385 (A9) Unknown 100 100 27 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 370 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 266287972384 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 81144 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13701 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8133	86.6% Excellent	Read 512 Write 399 Mixed 446 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 5.64 112% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 32.6 86% 179 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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	125% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 71 Mixed 97.4 137% 127 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 8.03 1,164% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 35.5 DQ Mixed 7.37 1,524% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 125% 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 (74^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 25 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 28.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,193x
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	653x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	447x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	220x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $1,077

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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