Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	91.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 04:32
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 842 82% 673 Pts	64-Core 1,035 64% 1,035 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 137 Parallax 133 104% 133 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14499 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2580 (B1) Unknown 89 89 385 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1130 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26968331687	91.9% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 360 Mixed 410 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 23.5 121% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 68.2 116% 227 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 110%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 171 7716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 971 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 480 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2013 (C2) HDA temperature 125 118 27 (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	78.1% Very good	Read 153 Write 119 Mixed 117 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 100%
Adata SX930 480GB 340GB free Firmware: 5.9E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 243 (A9) Unknown 100 100 131074 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 4298047499 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4094 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C2) HDA temperature 72 72 120260722716 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14460344320 (EA) Unknown 100 100 28850865344 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7856768853 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10059983361

WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 79GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 174 164 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7429 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3673 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5224 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 29 (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 200 200 0	60.7% Good	Read 121 Write 90.5 Mixed 90.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 25.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 29.8 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 104%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,990 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

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