Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.1% 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	119% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 13:59
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 164 2-Core 329 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 622 8-Core 1,059 102% 841 Pts	64-Core 1,377 85% 1,377 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 93% 111 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 402 406 407 409 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 452 Mixed 382 SusWrite 410 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 53.5 190% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 286 234% 334 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 116%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 931GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 474 474 470 469 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 428 Mixed 373 SusWrite 471 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 54.9 194% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 280 231% 331 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 121%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 931GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 474 474 470 468 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 431 Mixed 379 SusWrite 471 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 54.8 193% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 277 230% 330 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 121%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 170 175 173 174 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 162 Mixed 100 SusWrite 173 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 23.6 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 28.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 107%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,905x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 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 $630Bench 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) $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