Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '19 at 11:00
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 962 95% 776 Pts	64-Core 1,243 77% 1,243 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 87% 113 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 101 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,568 Write 2,280 Mixed 1377 460% 2,075 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 96.6 334% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,492 DQ Write 1,292 DQ Mixed 1,326 1,012% 1,370 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 925GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 115 115 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 106 Write 99 Mixed 59 SusWrite 115 69% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 72%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 560GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 114 114 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 113 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 30.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 112%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,380x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	685x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	335x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	182x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	177x

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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,126

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $35	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