Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 131% 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	129% 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	239% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 21:08
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 301 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 1,072 102% 846 Pts	64-Core 1295 80% 1295 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 195 Parallax 181 146% 185 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 176 Splatting 127 116% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 299 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 98 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 75 66 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1172244089	110% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 412 Mixed 424 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 36.2 164% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 193 180% 281 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 135%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,927 Write 1,162 Mixed 1,150 312% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 39.9 195% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 988 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 269 326% 585 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 44505480 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 115976 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 65 522059806 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 186 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (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 -32392643346138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 322506997 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25190500	102% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 164 Mixed 170 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20753888 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1290146 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 63 555679776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 185 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (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 -110118666501850 (F1) Unknown 100 253 467254747 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1310015275	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 164 Mixed 155 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C15K4 2x8GB 5,197 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2948 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 25.5 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 99%

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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