Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.08% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	217% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 05:37
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 258 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 875 88% 713 Pts	64-Core 1,127 70% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2172 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 86% Great: 101%
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4944 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.08% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.61 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.8 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.08% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 280 291 271 286 272 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,113 Write 1,269 Mixed 541 SusWrite 322 233% 1,061 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 56.6 228% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,070 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 514 515% 831 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 133GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 436 459 398 248 234 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 470 Mixed 386 SusWrite 368 93% 410 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 42 154% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 325 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 199GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 588 475 292 306 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 797 Write 628 Mixed 421 SusWrite 423 127% 567 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 55.3 213% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 831 DQ Write 670 DQ Mixed 784 578% 762 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 236%
SMC SMC2108 8TB 3TB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 372 375 355 362 375 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 156 155 153 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 164 Mixed 84 SusWrite 155 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 128 125 128 123 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 126 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3733 C17 4x8GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3750 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 33.6 115% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 46.6 SC Mixed 31.7 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,386x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 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	183x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	177x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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