Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.1% 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	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '18 at 18:12
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 160 2-Core 282 100% 179 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1,050 99% 822 Pts	64-Core 1,318 82% 1,318 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% XFX(1682 9C30) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 156 86% 118 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 128 89% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 47 132 92 104 108 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 442 Write 107 Mixed 141 SusWrite 92.1 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 19 65% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 32.6 24% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 56%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 429GB free Firmware: 1011 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1219 858 855 860 858 859 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 1920 Write 2,030 Mixed 1,636 SusWrite 918 365% 1,626 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 331 4K Mixed 90.8 376% 159 MB/s	DQ Read 786 DQ Write 1540 DQ Mixed 994 804% 1,107 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 284%
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$175 12,594 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 427GB free Firmware: E8FK Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 683 512 510 514 513 513 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 785 Write 911 Mixed 799 SusWrite 541 171% 759 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 39.2 118% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 406 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 363 295% 416 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 162%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 433GB free Firmware: X41100RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 353 Mixed 150 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28.4 137% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 140 141% 235 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 108%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB 2,075 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 112 112 110 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 87.3 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 111 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.5 228% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 146GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 98 98 97 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 98.8 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 98 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 125GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 99GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 19 20 26 22 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 49.3 Write 31.8 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 22.8 46% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 2.6 192% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 33%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,619 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 931GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 110 110 111 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 32 SusWrite 110 117% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 44%
WDC WD50 00BPVT-00HXZ 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 261GB free, PID 0715 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 73 73 74 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.1% Poor	Read 74.8 Write 75.5 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 72.9 84% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 25% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 29.3 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 30.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 4,010 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,921x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	267x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	262x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	190x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	333x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	193x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	70x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,261

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16