Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 04:11
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 631 8-Core 1,020 101% 826 Pts	64-Core 1,189 74% 1,189 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 11D8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 69 62% 75.1 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 74.8 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 780 664 667 664 664 582 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,467 Write 1,295 Mixed 1,205 SusWrite 670 260% 1,159 MB/s	4K Read 64.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 84.9 280% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,222 DQ Write 960 DQ Mixed 1,067 805% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 340%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 22 19 19 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 35.8 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 22.5 24% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 67%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 253GB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 28GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 17 16 8.9 9.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 9.2 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 11.9 25% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.5 86% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 43%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,276 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 6.3 6 5.7 6.2 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.78% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 3 Mixed 7 SusWrite 5.8 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,180 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 26.6 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 123%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 4,046 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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,950x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	269x
Core i7-8086KIntel $443Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	873x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	358x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	264x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	276x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	193x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	182x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	335x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	196x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	70x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,247

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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