Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	127% 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	251% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 15:51
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 99.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 932 93% 759 Pts	64-Core 1232 76% 1232 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 200 Parallax 181 142% 185 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 179 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 698GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1594 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749216798 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8442578181 (F7) Unknown 100 100 264540026 (F8) Unknown 100 100 106768361 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3574 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 482 Write 345 Mixed 341 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 26.8 119% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 15 78% 179 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 104%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 564GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,011 Write 1,468 Mixed 1,235 348% 1,571 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 33.3 193% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 602 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 33.2 165% 376 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 302%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 276GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2003 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 57 184684445730 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5225360337 (F7) Unknown 100 100 163462706 (F8) Unknown 100 100 92480454 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3544 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.9% Excellent	Read 479 Write 335 Mixed 341 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 25.4 118% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 48.5 97% 199 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 201GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1620 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 59 176094511138 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2764895296 (F7) Unknown 100 100 86512558 (F8) Unknown 100 100 39441345 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3566 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 483 Write 321 Mixed 342 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 24.5 114% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 45.3 96% 198 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 3,530 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 48.8 MC Write 47.4 MC Mixed 33.8 124% 43.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 49.1 SC Mixed 37.4 107% 37.5 GB/s	Latency 40 100% 40 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

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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	2,384x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 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	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 $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 $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 $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