Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	316% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '19 at 14:31
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 729 83% 648 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 177 Parallax 160 129% 165 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 164 Splatting 118 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1863 750 620 618 618 626 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,438 Write 1911 Mixed 1,565 SusWrite 849 377% 1,691 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 89.8 297% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,798 DQ Write 1,536 DQ Mixed 1,584 1,210% 1,639 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 922GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 469 391 389 391 394 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 461 Mixed 379 SusWrite 414 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.4 217% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 246 204% 296 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 2x8GB 23,313 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.2 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 25.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 94%

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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 3,989 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 $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 $182	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