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 above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	134% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180409
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 04:09
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 312 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 633 8-Core 991 100% 812 Pts	64-Core 1,312 81% 1,312 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 27GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5097 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 228 (B1) Unknown 0 0 273 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 58775 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 99 100 40 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6 (EA) Unknown 0 0 93 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13949 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21914	73.6% Very good	Read 427 Write 283 Mixed 341 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 20.7 123% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 20.5 31% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,450 Write 451 Mixed 529 176% 810 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 17.6 126% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 40.2 95% 204 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 144%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 529GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 3734 (0A) Spinup retry count 154 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1676 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2950 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389675043 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 3018 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 555 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	83.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 142 Mixed 138 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.18 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 43GB free Firmware: GG2OACA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 100 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 9816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 3019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3644 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 8590983168 (BC) Unknown 100 98 690 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 371130396 (BF) G-sense error rate 95 95 1340 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 53412655 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 46711 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	33.9% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 59.8 Mixed 60.2 45% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 27.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 32 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 107%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,997 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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