Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 10:19
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$127 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 715 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 109 Parallax 119 94% 114 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 79.7 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 110 130 137 96 143 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 237 Write 214 Mixed 223 SusWrite 125 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 35.8 131% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 162 129% 177 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 85%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 314GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 832 876 879 901 895 764 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,416 Write 934 Mixed 892 SusWrite 858 229% 1,025 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 75.9 274% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 865 DQ Mixed 222 279% 477 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 242%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 100 94 97 98 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 434 Write 138 Mixed 176 SusWrite 96.4 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 23.5 90% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 44.4 DQ Mixed 39.2 39% 63.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 87%
Kingston SH103S3120G 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 249GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 128 129 130 131 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 168 Write 161 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 128 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 259% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 92%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 89.2 Write 90.2 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 83.7 114% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 85% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 123%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,401x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	299x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	253x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	688x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	338x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	200x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	184x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	180x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,136

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16