Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 123%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

8 days ago, 8 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 21:14
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-8700K-$330 63,130 User benchmarks, average bench 111% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	SC Int 137 SC Float 150 SC Mixed 152 117% 146 Pts	QC Int 602 QC Float 625 QC Mixed 605 138% 611 Pts	MC Int 1,093 MC Float 1,270 MC Mixed 1209 178% 1,191 Pts
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 126%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$447 262,129 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 289 Reflection 303 Parallax 311 92% 301 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 288 Splatting 237 104% 244 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$137 184,154 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 317GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12625 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 50 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18568168975	93% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 408 Mixed 421 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 28.1 140% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 116 98% 136 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$90 282,195 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 172GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23861 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 379 (B1) Unknown 91 91 175 (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 68 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49011978823	104% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 403 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 40.5 150% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 25.5 96% 214 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$110 24,912 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 163 6541 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10504 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (10) Unknown 22 178 396235029525 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10486 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 27 (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	73.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 105 Mixed 139 100% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3200C16 1x8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 11.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 130%

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Desktop 132%

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Workstation 121%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $273

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $330Bench 111%, 63,130 samples	2,515x
Core i5-8600KIntel $239Bench 104%, 21,737 samples	93x
Core i7-8700Intel $299Bench 104%, 8,383 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 154%, 105,578 samples	1,170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 125%, 192,223 samples	515x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	210x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $200Bench 230%, 50,173 samples	456x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 217%, 91,436 samples	375x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $325Bench 260%, 19,124 samples	359x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $200Bench 87%, 12,914 samples	241x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 2,529 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 85%, 61,633 samples	121x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,801

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $175	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12