Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% 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	232% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 15:52
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 313 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 968 98% 794 Pts	64-Core 1,312 81% 1,312 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 152 Parallax 142 114% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 111 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,052 Write 1,111 Mixed 1,136 315% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45 200% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 580 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 211 234% 400 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 236%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 111GB free Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2975 (A6) Unknown 100 100 194 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 454 (A9) Unknown 100 100 176 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 306 (AE) Unknown 100 100 462 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 80 129 554051567636 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2580 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 39629 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13276 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17932 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	92.4% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 311 Mixed 345 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 26.8 137% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 62.4 114% 226 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3138 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2178 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 256764 (C2) HDA temperature 125 113 25 (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	68.5% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 120 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 83%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 378GB free Firmware: GM2OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 3 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 147 (03) Spinup time 105 105 12897681602 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6792 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 28 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5759 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7246 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 201864183832 (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 2567	31.9% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 55.7 Mixed 55.6 42% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 50%
Seagate ST3120026AS 120GB-$24 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 109GB free Firmware: 3.05 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 56 51 182121024 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 308878462 (09) Power-on hours count 5 5 83324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6174 (C2) HDA temperature 29 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 51 182121024 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 11188 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.4% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 55 Mixed 53.2 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3600C18 4x8GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 32.9 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 48.3 SC Mixed 33.3 100% 34.9 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%

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

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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 $127Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,143

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