Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 140% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% 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	243% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 23:30
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 159 2-Core 308 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 616 8-Core 1,010 99% 813 Pts	64-Core 1,331 82% 1,331 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 220 Parallax 214 163% 212 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 192 Splatting 130 123% 153 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,500 Write 1,282 Mixed 1,586 394% 1,789 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 49.3 160% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 165 171% 280 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 292%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 73GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3804 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 651 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 141 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6136716435	102% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 406 Mixed 419 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 45.9 159% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 25.6 60% 117 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89608112 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4325560780 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1864 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 605028387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13547 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 55834574883 (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 -14551349192282 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19278571475 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91899986393	90.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 144 Mixed 152 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 148 Write 104 Mixed 119 152% 124 MB/s	4K Read 6.67 4K Write 3.85 4K Mixed 1.84 218% 4.12 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 29.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 94%

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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	2,905x
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

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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