Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	109% 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	326% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 00:50
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$179 746,287 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)	109% Outstanding	Memory 99.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 642 8-Core 1,000 101% 821 Pts	64-Core 1,354 84% 1,354 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2734 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 155 Parallax 143 117% 147 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 144 Splatting 115 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2274 619 611 614 614 616 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,555 Write 2394 Mixed 1,657 SusWrite 891 419% 1,874 MB/s	4K Read 71.1 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 97.5 333% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,572 DQ Write 1,389 DQ Mixed 1,425 1,084% 1,462 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 340%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 66GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,068 Write 1,513 Mixed 640 309% 1407 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 66.7 258% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,103 DQ Write 1,291 DQ Mixed 744 686% 1,046 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 585GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 129 130 130 130 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 75.2 Write 126 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 128 70% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 11,301 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3804 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 46.9 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 31.8 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 47.7 SC Mixed 37.8 106% 37.2 GB/s	Latency 40.8 98% 40.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%

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Workstation 103%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,941x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	267x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	871x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	357x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	263x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	276x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	193x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	334x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	195x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	70x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,256

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16