Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 23:48
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 729 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8760 204 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Asus(1043 8760) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1065.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Lighting 5.13 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 22.6 4% 14.9 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 19 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1835027 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 244 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 35 150325362723 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 134 (EA) Unknown 100 100 241 (F1) Unknown 253 253 216 (F2) Unknown 253 253 93 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 479 Write 251 Mixed 247 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 19.1 66% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 48.2 78% 153 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 67 96369346 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 85 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 404661 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 118231859724397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (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 51 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 292 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 90194313244 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 67 96369346 (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 85383949844544 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1325531642 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8696972
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 99061600 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 669821 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (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 71 67 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 216 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 90194313245 (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 10106058047552 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1569640892 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4624443489	97.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 169 Mixed 143 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.85 223% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 20.6 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 88%

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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	2,911x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 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	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	332x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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