Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 02:58
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 847 83% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,128 70% 1,128 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 93.7 83% 102 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 97.3 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8606 Write 7,864 Mixed 7,947 1,817% 8,139 MB/s	4K Read 492 4K Write 266 4K Mixed 319 1,295% 359 MB/s	DQ Read 1,289 DQ Write 917 DQ Mixed 952 752% 1,052 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 480 482 482 482 482 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 484 Mixed 456 SusWrite 481 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.8 190% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 111GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 446 448 449 449 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 434 Mixed 383 SusWrite 448 95% 419 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.8 146% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 292 230% 319 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 87GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 266 163 161 174 181 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 484 Mixed 408 SusWrite 237 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.9 200% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 144 144 144 145 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 106 SusWrite 144 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 24.9 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 104%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,988 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

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	2,904x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	259x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	354x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	261x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	273x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	331x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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