Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 22:21
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 883 88% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6262) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 54.9 62% 69.2 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 70.2 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 580GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,018 Write 1,485 Mixed 1,333 357% 1,612 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 31.9 192% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 57.5 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 31.3 43% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 824 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1941582648	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 411 Mixed 418 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 44.7 176% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 27.1 34% 58.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 846GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 688 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1398 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	99.4% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 172 Mixed 148 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.34 140% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 108%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 135GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 1841 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17666 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 466 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17666 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 109 Write 113 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.59 145% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4000 C19 2x8GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3146 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 24.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 28.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 124%

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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 $625Bench 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 $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 $40	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