Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 04:11
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 737 80% 634 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 118% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+238G 256GB 1,939 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 16.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 128 116 128 226 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 101%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 79GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 145 141 143 143 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 471 Mixed 328 SusWrite 178 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 53.4 194% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 173 182% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Envoy 2012 121GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 11GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 330 Write 248 Mixed 268 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 36.4 122% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 131 103% 144 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 62%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 529GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 119 119 118 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 94 Write 50.5 Mixed 61 SusWrite 118 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 86GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 62 76 82 73 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 99.2 Write 25.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 66.3 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 60%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 32GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 21 22 21 22 20 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 136 Write 43.8 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 22.5 69% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 2.2 118% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 29.5 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 91%

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

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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 - $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 $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: $1,129

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