Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	21.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	263% 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

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1804 x 1014 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 21:19
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 1,046 102% 835 Pts	64-Core 1,302 81% 1,302 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8423) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 24 Parallax 31.3 20% 26.8 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 24.8 23% 29.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,407 Write 1,853 Mixed 2,228 482% 2,163 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 39.6 136% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 122 126% 205 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 296%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 163GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9025 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1919 (B1) Unknown 96 96 17 (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 54 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 228 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24526976635	68.9% Good	Read 468 Write 261 Mixed 275 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 16.6 89% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 12.4 56% 128 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 123%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 349GB 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 186 176 7675 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6814 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1846 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14789 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 31 (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	77.7% Very good	Read 151 Write 120 Mixed 124 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 25.7 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 29.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 103%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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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	2,384x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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