Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	92.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 18:56
Run Duration	360 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 248 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 912 82% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,250 77% 1,250 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.1% 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 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 107% 134 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11289 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1027 (B1) Unknown 89 89 124 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 46 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 109 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42916140335	92.9% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 343 Mixed 349 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 22.5 135% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 22.4 88% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 118%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 31GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15964 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 320 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 962775 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2047918 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 4 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1887389262 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	44% Average	Read 256 Write 107 Mixed 149 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 6.6 76% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 48.1 58% 103 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 46%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 132 Mixed 92.8 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 4.14 4K Mixed 0.56 179% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 67%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 18.6 Write 3.65 Mixed 5.87 9% 9.37 MB/s	4K Read 5.92 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 1.29 136% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C16K4 2x8GB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 18.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 102%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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