Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 23:04
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 801 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 985 61% 985 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 134 Parallax 130 104% 131 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 355GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 437 469 445 392 391 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 459 Mixed 419 SusWrite 427 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 53.3 177% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 293 196% 226 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 818GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 142 150 147 151 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 171 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 139 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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%

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	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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $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