Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% 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	115% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 12:38
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 741 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3308) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 94% 113 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 SATA M.2 240GB-$148 280 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 181GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 1999 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2500 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 46 (AE) Unknown 100 100 917 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 227633266725 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13585136716 (F7) Unknown 100 100 757753622 (F8) Unknown 100 100 305797791	71.2% Very good	Read 488 Write 263 Mixed 344 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 14.9 92% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 44.5 74% 149 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 90%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1275 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 10237 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2667 (64) Unknown 100 100 6754752 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 429 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 102 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 330713530411 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1275 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 639 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1275 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16809 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15279 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17459 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 44433	115% Outstanding	Read 1,143 Write 636 Mixed 517 168% 766 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 15.8 93% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 14 25% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 159%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 100GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18656 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4571 (E8) Unknown 100 100 35546885612 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	74.6% Very good	Read 457 Write 410 Mixed 400 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 16.6 85% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 17 50% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 106%
Galax TA1C0120A 120GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 43GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7666 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2020 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 299 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393270 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 629 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 216	69.7% Good	Read 503 Write 423 Mixed 485 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 11.4 73% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 94.7 DQ Mixed 55.6 44% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 103%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 423GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40333648 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29129196 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3382 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 393224 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 428 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26068 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 64424509473 (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 -837518611743 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10099710674 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4475933562525	82.5% Excellent	Read 110 Write 176 Mixed 153 111% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.68 201% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 31.2 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 34.5 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 44.3 90% 44.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%

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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 $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 $92Bench 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 $179	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