Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	133% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '18 at 18:50
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 933 89% 734 Pts	64-Core 1,152 71% 1,152 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 213 Parallax 211 157% 206 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 187 Splatting 133 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 228GB free Firmware: MAT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2826 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 696 (B1) Unknown 97 97 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 47 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 192 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11345451258	81.8% Excellent	Read 257 Write 248 Mixed 258 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 46.1 157% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 92.3 90% 142 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 135%
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 93GB free Firmware: X411 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2254 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21491351753 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 688 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 72 68 292058955804 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 244815888441 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1986 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2195 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1868 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2808 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.9% Excellent	Read 480 Write 341 Mixed 325 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 18.5 111% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 44.5 97% 204 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 107%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2083 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (64) Unknown 100 100 5561728 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 84 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 100 253404250153 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1392 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 544 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1392 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12911 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11007 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7979 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 11097	133% Outstanding	Read 1,306 Write 631 Mixed 608 186% 848 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 17.9 116% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 20.8 64% 141 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 159%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$225 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 112 (03) Spinup time 165 165 38684066139 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 617 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 617 (C2) HDA temperature 216 216 184684642334 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 132 Mixed 134 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.34 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 482GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9889088 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 17301954988 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2452 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 47698935835 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62613 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 -140737488355301 (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 56070798054500 (F1) Unknown 100 253 58687751851 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54846849819	93.5% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 147 Mixed 133 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 398GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165794584 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16485090 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24153 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 60129542172 (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 80831284511743 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15423370212 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91617615726	72.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 111 Mixed 143 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 180GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128134240 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13840046 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 762 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19805 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 60129542171 (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 10295036609628 (F1) Unknown 100 253 81283332007 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65538425032	67.9% Good	Read 138 Write 98.6 Mixed 106 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 95%

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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 $134	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