Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.59% 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	210% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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 (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 20:07
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 886 88% 719 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.59% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 0.15 Parallax 0.12 7% 2.89 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 8.97 Splatting 11.7 9% 11 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 7.59% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,954 Write 1,097 Mixed 1,328 322% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 34.8 184% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 48.2 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 233 184% 241 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 813GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159137098 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5919 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10221121 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2167 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 470941723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 16 159137098 (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 -18468359345757 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2863231336 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2931973470	55.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 85.9 Mixed 102 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.35 81% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 375GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11639954 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 43 231965928800 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2049 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 454164506 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 14 11639954 (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 -58944131145409 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3218338382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3654587696	76.1% Very good	Read 171 Write 94.4 Mixed 126 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.55 128% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 375GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224886889 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 42 244851592171 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2049 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 470941723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 16 224886889 (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 132650064961898 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2374608316 (F2) Unknown 100 253 247895754	76.3% Very good	Read 165 Write 101 Mixed 99.9 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.52 125% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 68%
WD Re 1.5TB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 135GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7758 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2922 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 455 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2466 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 189 0	61.3% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 117 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.48 139% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26.7 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 30.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 107%

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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 $95Bench 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 $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