Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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.
Boot Drive	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 09:35
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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-$208 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 730 68% 568 Pts	64-Core 916 57% 916 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 100%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1570) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 38 Parallax 27.9 20% 30.2 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 20.3 Splatting 25.4 22% 28.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 22%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 194 Parallax 190 142% 186 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 167 Splatting 122 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MU031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 428 356 258 269 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 309 Write 256 Mixed 180 SusWrite 327 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 22.4 89% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 295 203% 249 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 101%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1273 1241 1245 1219 1250 1247 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,256 Write 2,006 Mixed 1,245 SusWrite 1,246 378% 1,688 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 57 185% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 595 438% 579 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 371%
Hitachi HUH728060ALE600 6TB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: A4GNT514 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 105 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 127 Write 134 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 99.5 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.2 140% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4133 C19 2x16GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 121%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 4,005 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,917x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	266x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	261x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	189x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	333x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	193x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	69x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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