Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.9% 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	212% 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 16:21
Run Duration	370 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 774 69% 584 Pts	64-Core 935 58% 935 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 136 Parallax 116 97% 124 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB 9,415 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1357 1592 1648 729 271 436 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,018 Write 1,674 Mixed 1,189 SusWrite 1,006 277% 1,222 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 60.5 202% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 1,222 DQ Write 898 DQ Mixed 1,145 833% 1,088 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 368%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 476GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,116 Write 983 Mixed 741 210% 947 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 47.3 169% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,254 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 507 461% 728 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 441GB free Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 428 440 433 433 437 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 635 Write 577 Mixed 567 SusWrite 443 125% 555 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 50 168% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 814 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 572 468% 670 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 311%
Sandisk SD8SN8U1T001122 1TB 1,266 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 702GB free Firmware: X4120000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 120 Write 249 Mixed 93.8 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 24.5 105% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 12 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 85 61% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 286 Write 191 Mixed 219 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 30.2 118% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 170 133% 181 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 109 121 113 117 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 103 Write 110 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 116 70% 96 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,799 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 112%

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

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,384x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	686x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	182x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	177x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $127Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,143

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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