Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics98.6% 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 Drive188% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 10 '18 at 21:31
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 59%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700-$200
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 122
2-Core 222
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 686
71% 570 Pts
64-Core 950
59% 950 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
98.6% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 136
Parallax 115
104% 126 fps
MRender 95.5
Gravity 124
Splatting 101
87% 107 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98.6%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 255 258 259 259 251 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
188% Outstanding
Read 1668
Write 717
Mixed 524
SusWrite 281
175% 798 MB/s
4K Read 58.7
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 80.6
265% 92.4 MB/s
DQ Read 807
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 308
266% 414 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 188%
Great: 244%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
772GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 174 173 168 167 169 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Read 151
Write 122
Mixed 69.5
SusWrite 170
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.2% Good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 24.6
MC Mixed 19.9
68% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 18.4
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO Builds (Compare 3,641 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 103%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $1,136
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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