Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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	8.57% 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	173% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 302 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 870 92% 736 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

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. 22.20.16.4785 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.57% Terrible	Lighting 8.97 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 9 7% 10.2 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.97 Splatting 17.8 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.57% 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% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,545 Write 994 Mixed 1,001 261% 1,180 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 25.1 156% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 52.2 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 24.7 43% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 236%
Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 159GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 487 Mixed 464 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 28.4 149% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 18.9 32% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 93%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 151 151 34384445823 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5962 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5963 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5963 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 201864708122 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 190 Mixed 166 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.23 113% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 2612 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2462 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1162 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167504576535 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 24 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 18 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 26434	62.6% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 107 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.37 103% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 59%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 65 65 3539110 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 335 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -128608500711424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 404160536 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 81604378648 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23046794510336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2220040 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1319070 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.9% Above average	Read 143 Write 59.4 Mixed 82 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.49 4K Write 3.77 4K Mixed 3.03 676% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 70%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 19GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.16% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 12.9 Mixed 8.78 16% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.39 4K Write 0.21 4K Mixed 0.65 53% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.16% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 25.7 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 26.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,910x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 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	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	332x
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

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,262

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