Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 134% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 96.2%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	103% 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	255% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 17:16
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-8700K-$330 60,411 User benchmarks, average bench 110% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	SC Int 128 SC Float 131 SC Mixed 128 103% 129 Pts	QC Int 432 QC Float 457 QC Mixed 452 101% 447 Pts	MC Int 955 MC Float 1,050 MC Mixed 1,012 150% 1,005 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 126%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980 Ti-$550 69,904 User benchmarks, average bench 98% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 326 Reflection 302 Parallax 367 106% 332 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 302 Splatting 191 101% 231 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$200 47,553 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 397GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,719 Write 1,381 Mixed 1,440 406% 1,846 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 41.3 169% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 109 119% 203 MB/s
Poor: 172% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 279%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$125 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 261GB free Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (76^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 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 0 0 35 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 49 219043332142 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 570242858 (F7) Unknown 100 100 9273150 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6614506	97.3% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 397 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 38.8 134% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 78.2 101% 184 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$119 657 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5980 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 68 51795280 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15573999 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -97487167684546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 66 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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 -23343147253700 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32152927 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19642353	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 153 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 98.8 Write 103 Mixed 80.7 120% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 1TB 4,165 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 163GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 73.3 Write 81 Mixed 63.3 94% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$212 1,817 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 28.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 107%

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Desktop 131%

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Workstation 120%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $269

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $330Bench 110%, 60,411 samples	2,547x
Core i5-8600KIntel $239Bench 104%, 20,369 samples	94x
Core i7-8700Intel $295Bench 104%, 7,438 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 153%, 110,926 samples	1,185x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 125%, 204,755 samples	521x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	212x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $200Bench 230%, 47,553 samples	468x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 216%, 85,683 samples	379x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $325Bench 260%, 19,471 samples	359x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $200Bench 87%, 13,104 samples	243x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 2,595 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 84%, 64,104 samples	121x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $136
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $176	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12