Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	113% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 11:12
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	58%

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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 836 83% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,077 67% 1,077 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 155 Parallax 150 114% 148 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 142 Splatting 105 96% 118 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 429 447 452 455 457 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 295 Mixed 353 SusWrite 445 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44.2 162% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 340 260% 352 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 1,069 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 289GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2140 1931 1989 2026 2120 2166 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 117%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 477GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 458 482 482 482 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 483 Mixed 405 SusWrite 475 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 47.8 171% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 138 141 136 140 137 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 148 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 138 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 101%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: 2BA30010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 109 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 100 Write 113 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 109 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 518 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 129%

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Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,386x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	686x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	183x
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: $1,124

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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