Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 102%, 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	300% 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 (16%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 21:40
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 968 93% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,256 78% 1,256 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 189 Parallax 175 145% 181 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 182 Splatting 124 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% 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% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,448 Write 1,905 Mixed 1,861 460% 2,072 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 66 232% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 158 163% 268 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 353%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 220GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -117510304313165 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2401 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2395 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2395 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 474641 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 61 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 474641 (F2) Unknown 100 100 742567 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15541	74.9% Very good	Read 496 Write 252 Mixed 306 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 14.9 116% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 86.3 83% 124 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 95%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 185GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 88399016892983 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1341 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 15 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 46 81607393317 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 117357 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 72 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 117357 (F2) Unknown 100 100 333682 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4530	79% Very good	Read 495 Write 242 Mixed 317 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 19.9 113% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 58.1 97% 188 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 114GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,455 Write 1,311 Mixed 1,367 308% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 38.5 187% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 52.1 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 177 116% 133 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66822680 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16344445 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1966 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 56372822047 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35603 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 -140737488355297 (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 27350351745100 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6471639975 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12977023650	94.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 156 Mixed 160 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 977GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212840712 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7016 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13733838 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2399 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 43521409057 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74275 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 -140737488355295 (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 91431263802370 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9753471263 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9305981057	83.6% Excellent	Read 144 Write 148 Mixed 142 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 129GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57757488 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12331 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44363503 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3509 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 17189109915 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 605290531 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 15 57757488 (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 35102767733351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4031865426 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3101369207	40.6% Average	Read 75.7 Write 65.6 Mixed 69.3 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.34 77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 27.3 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,384x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 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	182x
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 $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