Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 04:03
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 87.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 311 100% 186 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 946 94% 768 Pts	64-Core 1,251 77% 1,251 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 69 Parallax 62.8 56% 66.7 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 55.3 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 203GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10027 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 886 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 67 64 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1183603705	95.6% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 393 Mixed 391 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 4.67 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 48.3 116% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 103 132% 239 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13170 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1784 (B1) Unknown 98 98 81 (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 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 187 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16946736781	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 443 Mixed 469 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.4 173% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 134 154% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 950GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91275256 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 178890608 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2461 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 2456758780476 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 504758301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52475 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 34359738397 (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 -139680926386475 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30418658271050 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -92932919196305	96.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 172 Mixed 153 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.37 96% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 114%
UFD USB Flash Drive 32GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 26GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 32 Mixed 27.2 40% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.59 61% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 114%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,903x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	259x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	866x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	354x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	261x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	273x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	331x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	192x
KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G 20GBKingstonBench 84%, 239 samples	69x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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