Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	109% 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	239% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 16:21
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,066 101% 839 Pts	64-Core 1,329 82% 1,329 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 157 Parallax 134 117% 145 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,088 Write 1,260 Mixed 1,214 336% 1,521 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 28.5 202% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 124 180% 355 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB 720 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 4GB free Firmware: AGYA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 837 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 914956353968 (AA) Unknown 100 100 94498455650 (AD) Unknown 100 100 34387263714 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C2) HDA temperature 77 64 154619936791 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	41.3% Average	Read 198 Write 150 Mixed 189 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 13.1 77% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 50.7 DQ Mixed 7.59 14% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 356GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 94 95062727 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4358 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 61 60707085117 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2293 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 538837022 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 52 33477453 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.8% Below average	Read 68 Write 63.9 Mixed 66.3 50% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.42 73% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3320310CS 320GB 4,266 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 293GB free Firmware: SC1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 87 47662076 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 905 (05) Reallocated sector count 91 91 402 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8841348761 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 267 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196869 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 986 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 421003288 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 38654705688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 33 47662076 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	32.1% Below average	Read 18.8 Write 93 Mixed 82.4 50% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.39 84% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 13,232 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 25.5 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,990 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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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	260x

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	274x
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 $127Bench 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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,276

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