Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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.
Graphics	79% 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	259% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '18 at 20:09
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 157 2-Core 313 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 927 95% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,168 72% 1,168 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.8 80% 100 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 95.7 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1478 635 638 636 638 638 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,096 Write 1,788 Mixed 792 SusWrite 777 303% 1,364 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 66.6 260% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,067 DQ Write 1,125 DQ Mixed 819 692% 1,004 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 112GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 134 136 136 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 260 Write 135 Mixed 144 SusWrite 135 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 23.9 86% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 80.4 DQ Mixed 67.8 62% 95.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 48%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 192GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 475 488 489 490 491 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 358 Mixed 315 SusWrite 486 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 37.9 161% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 154 152% 242 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 21.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 25.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 110%

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

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,386x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 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 $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	183x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	177x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,124

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