Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	117% 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	190% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 17:48
Run Duration	397 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 157 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 864 93% 741 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2542 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 160 Parallax 135 130% 151 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 150 Splatting 117 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,724 Write 834 Mixed 1,053 265% 1,204 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 41.6 195% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 115 126% 210 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 102GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6409 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 831 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 193 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27309902040	102% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 415 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 43.8 166% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 91 77% 107 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 144 11541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (10) Unknown 1 199 25455738225 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 94 (C2) HDA temperature 118 114 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 147 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.21 105% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 98%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 198 174 7075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8345 (C2) HDA temperature 123 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 124 Mixed 122 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.22 56% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 100%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 149 10975 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 883 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 848 (10) Unknown 24 176 422601687341 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 627 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.6% Very good	Read 151 Write 127 Mixed 118 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.23 55% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 98%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 963GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 196 7850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 464 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3588 (C2) HDA temperature 123 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.7% Poor	Read 83.5 Write 19.8 Mixed 10.8 28% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.23 59% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 97%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 421GB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 122 (03) Spinup time 163 163 38682689916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1639 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5087 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5087 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 274878562334 (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	78.1% Very good	Read 153 Write 119 Mixed 121 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 283GB free Firmware: 0 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 133 Mixed 85.6 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.43 211% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 113%
JMicron Generic DISK00 8TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 676GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 178 Write 184 Mixed 98.2 191% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 0.45 270% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 76%
JMicron Generic DISK02 8TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 659GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 90.7 Mixed 74.1 112% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 7.49 4K Mixed 0.28 267% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 80%
JMicron Generic DISK01 8TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 521GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 119 Write 172 Mixed 69.1 156% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 0.37 416% 4.3 MB/s	DQ Read 0.64 DQ Write 12.3 DQ Mixed 0.47 438% 4.48 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 91%
JMicron Generic DISK03 8TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 341GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 135 Write 72.1 Mixed 78.8 111% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 7.23 4K Mixed 0.33 260% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 30.3 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.8 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 119%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX HERO - $229

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,219x
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	752x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	176x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	170x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	109x

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Total price: $1,083

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16