Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	147% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (14%). 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	56.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '19 at 23:38
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way below expectations (11^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 73.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 753 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 968 60% 968 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 146 Parallax 122 104% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 778 617 628 613 605 596 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,122 Write 933 Mixed 578 SusWrite 640 183% 818 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 44.7 144% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 434 317% 417 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 213GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1242 698 644 631 634 639 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,665 Write 1,563 Mixed 663 SusWrite 748 259% 1,160 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 49.5 158% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 501 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 460 330% 428 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 227GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 207 206 206 206 206 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 360 Write 310 Mixed 352 SusWrite 206 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 38.8 128% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 38.2 30% 40 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 213 215 212 214 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 347 Write 317 Mixed 414 SusWrite 214 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 39.9 133% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 37.6 30% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 5,167 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 18 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 11.2 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 94.3 42% 94.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 129%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,922x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	267x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	262x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	191x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	333x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	193x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	70x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,261

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16