Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180914
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 12:20
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 278 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 755 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 972 60% 972 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 203 Parallax 186 156% 194 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 193 Splatting 129 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 74 63 65 75 68 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 256 Write 122 Mixed 178 SusWrite 68.2 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 30.9 116% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 90.1 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 98.8 77% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 73%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 174GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 318 273 264 500 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 7.8 Write 381 Mixed 409 SusWrite 267 62% 266 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 33.7 125% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 438 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 114 156% 288 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 291%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 88 105 98 115 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 437 Write 132 Mixed 191 SusWrite 106 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 34.7 131% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 95.2 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 104 80% 108 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 73%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 478GB 2,073 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 284GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 895 525 506 508 507 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 43% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 680GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 188 185 184 185 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 141 Mixed 83 SusWrite 184 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 26.3 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 29.3 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 121%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO Builds (Compare 3,650 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 - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,387x
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 $95Bench 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	178x

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: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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