Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 18:45
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 159 2-Core 282 101% 180 Pts	4-Core 635 8-Core 1011 101% 823 Pts	64-Core 1,311 81% 1,311 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 69.5 67% 77.2 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 72.1 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 LITE SSD 240GB 893 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 514 Write 470 Mixed 409 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 57.2 191% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 266 218% 312 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 104%
WD WD3200BEVS-16VAT0 320GB 1,492 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 16GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 33 36 36 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 34.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 35 24% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 37%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 181 183 185 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 175 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 182 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 635GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 101 101 105 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 102 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 238GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 70 71 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 68 Write 69.2 Mixed 46 SusWrite 69.1 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 47%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 83GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 72 71 73 74 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 73.3 Write 60 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 72.1 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 27.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 33 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

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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	2,386x
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 $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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: $1,126

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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