Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.7% 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	188% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 09:47
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 171 2-Core 342 110% 204 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 999 101% 818 Pts	64-Core 1,371 85% 1,371 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6194 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.7% Terrible	Lighting 8.97 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 9.16 7% 10.3 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 8.13 Splatting 18 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 266 267 260 267 267 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,870 Write 681 Mixed 637 SusWrite 296 190% 871 MB/s	4K Read 69.8 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 54.8 201% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 826 DQ Write 696 DQ Mixed 396 396% 639 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 244%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 182 180 180 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 29 SusWrite 181 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 342% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 25.3 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 28.6 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 46.8 86% 46.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 103%

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

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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 $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,380x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	685x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	335x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	145x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 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: $1,136

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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