Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	231% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170911
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 07:55
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 251 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 819 80% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 182 Parallax 153 132% 166 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 163 Splatting 116 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,040 Write 1,230 Mixed 1,170 326% 1,480 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.5 193% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 444 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 150 173% 301 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 107GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8155 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1135 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 55 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3446627882	108% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 404 Mixed 405 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 45.6 169% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 110 123% 208 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 55GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -28037545588439 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3375 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2876 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 7863064 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2876 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 719477 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 719477 (F2) Unknown 100 100 458573 (F9) Unknown 100 100 27161	73% Very good	Read 493 Write 141 Mixed 220 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 16.9 127% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 51.7 75% 141 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 514GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2047 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9351 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.7% Very good	Read 147 Write 127 Mixed 126 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 279GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 200 2933 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5431 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5384 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5431 (C2) HDA temperature 113 96 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 97.4 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.72 166% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 28.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 27.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 122%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,905x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	259x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	354x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	261x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	273x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	331x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	192x
KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G 20GBKingstonBench 84%, 239 samples	69x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,262

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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