Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 139% 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 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	135% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '18 at 00:37
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 1,061 103% 848 Pts	64-Core 1,326 82% 1,326 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 207 Parallax 185 156% 194 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 187 Splatting 127 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 868 634 632 632 631 629 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,105 Write 1,663 Mixed 640 SusWrite 671 282% 1,270 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 69.3 253% 98.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,202 DQ Write 1146 DQ Mixed 818 712% 1,055 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 748GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1431 1194 1190 1189 1184 1183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2150 Write 1,807 Mixed 998 SusWrite 1,228 345% 1,546 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 70 258% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,379 DQ Write 1,242 DQ Mixed 1029 849% 1,217 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 84GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 110 85 98 107 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 483 Mixed 439 SusWrite 164 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 60.1 206% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 253 220% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 228GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 492 492 493 408 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 495 Mixed 468 SusWrite 444 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62.2 212% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 778GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 132 132 130 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 117 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 129 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 237GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 90 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 74.4 Write 63.8 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 89.5 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 76%
G-drive USB 5TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4.5TB free Firmware: 2602 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 41.6 Write 41.5 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 42.1 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$83 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 28.5 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 35.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 123%

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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 - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,406x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	299x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	253x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	689x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	339x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	230x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	200x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	184x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $152Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	181x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	145x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16