Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 163% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 117%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	100% 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	357% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 07:31
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-8700K-$330 63,902 User benchmarks, average bench 110% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	SC Int 144 SC Float 157 SC Mixed 154 122% 152 Pts	QC Int 570 QC Float 622 QC Mixed 559 132% 584 Pts	MC Int 1082 MC Float 1,298 MC Mixed 1,166 176% 1,182 Pts
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 126%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$447 262,129 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 315 Reflection 291 Parallax 305 96% 304 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 293 Splatting 229 103% 241 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 4,198 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 409GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 3,018 Write 2,582 Mixed 1,976 561% 2,525 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 46.6 211% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 36.1 115% 249 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 365%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$137 187,338 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 257GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19249 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 291 (B1) Unknown 96 96 71 (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 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66512509210	105% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 410 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 45.1 171% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 45.3 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 98.5 91% 133 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 536 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 108%

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

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Gaming 130%

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Desktop 128%

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Workstation 118%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $330Bench 110%, 63,902 samples	2,115x
Core i5-8600KIntel $239Bench 103%, 20,512 samples	109x
Core i7-8700Intel $299Bench 104%, 7,017 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 154%, 104,646 samples	971x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 125%, 204,755 samples	425x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	253x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 216%, 85,683 samples	404x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $200Bench 231%, 42,163 samples	375x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $325Bench 260%, 19,471 samples	265x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $205Bench 87%, 13,104 samples	151x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $193Bench 91%, 38,488 samples	114x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 84%, 64,104 samples	99x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,704

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $176	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $18