Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	33% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '18 at 02:56
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 166 2-Core 331 108% 198 Pts	4-Core 653 8-Core 1,066 105% 860 Pts	64-Core 1,363 84% 1,363 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 53.2 35% 42.1 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 37.8 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 LITE SSD 240GB 893 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 493 Write 460 Mixed 390 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 56.2 189% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 258 211% 300 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 104%
WD WD3200BEVS-16VAT0 320GB 1,492 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 41GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 65 66 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 60.2 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 65.5 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 37%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$79 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 58 64 61 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 60.3 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 702GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 57 57 61 60 59 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 157 Write 161 Mixed 46 SusWrite 58.7 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$46 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 630GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 107 104 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 105 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 62%
ICY BOX1 IB-124CL-U3 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 560GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 106 105 108 105 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.3% Good	Read 110 Write 79.2 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 104 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 238GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 70 69 68 71 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 66.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 69 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 47%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 35GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 66 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 67 Write 43 Mixed 46 SusWrite 67 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 59%
ICY BOX0 IB-124CL-U3 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 31GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 106 105 108 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 87 Write 102 Mixed 77 SusWrite 104 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 70%
ASMT 2115 320GB 741 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 263GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 58.7 Write 56.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 53.8 71% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 41%
Generic External 500GB 803 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 462GB free, PID 3920 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 59 61 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 62 SusWrite 60.1 110% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 79%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 408GB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 103 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 101 Write 99.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 102 113% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 40%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 500GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 71GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 50.5 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 80.8 82% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 44%
Generic External 320GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 178GB free, PID 3920 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 44.5 Write 46.5 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 32.9 53% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$34 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 28.3 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 34.4 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

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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 $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,424x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	301x
Core i7-8086KIntel $449Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	254x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	692x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	345x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	230x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	202x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	185x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $142Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	181x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $167Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	146x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	116x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,184

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369