Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	111% 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	206% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '18 at 15:24
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 95 1-Core 157 2-Core 220 92% 157 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 220 30% 220 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 120% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 745 682 304 305 304 305 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,475 Write 1,239 Mixed 651 SusWrite 441 212% 952 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 62.7 228% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 1,185 DQ Write 1,078 DQ Mixed 684 636% 982 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 207 206 209 206 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 158 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 204 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 279GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 108 107 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 106 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 2x8GB 311 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 31.1 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

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

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,389x
Core i9-9900KIntel $442Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	299x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	252x

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 $98Bench 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	178x

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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,154

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