Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	197% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 14:15
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 957 96% 782 Pts	64-Core 1,210 75% 1,210 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 700GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7909 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1742 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 510 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 227633266718 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8454817343 (F7) Unknown 100 100 264318893 (F8) Unknown 100 100 88921403	95.5% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 424 Mixed 440 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 27.2 124% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 57.7 107% 213 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 101%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 416GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10784 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2491 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (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 74 44 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 779 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16518483963	79.2% Very good	Read 501 Write 166 Mixed 306 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 25.9 124% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 93.8 118% 212 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 126%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 369GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,439 Write 1,248 Mixed 1,287 295% 1,325 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 43.2 179% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 517 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 29.7 140% 318 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 347GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6659 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1413 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12890275902 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 403 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 45 193274773530 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 42951507996 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2094 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2638 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2248 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1782 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.4% Good	Read 494 Write 195 Mixed 319 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 17.8 103% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 11.6 21% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 107%
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 324GB free Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3855095 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 79817672241380 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2719 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 765 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 63 68723605532 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3855095 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3855095 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3855095 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4239 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5618 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5618 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9696	53.9% Above average	Read 512 Write 206 Mixed 293 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 12.6 67% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 19.5 DQ Mixed 11.7 12% 19.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 66%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 2,177 Write 1,020 Mixed 1,099 314% 1,432 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 21.8 150% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 22.3 39% 73 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 29.8 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 110%

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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 (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,904x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	259x

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	273x
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 $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