Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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	284% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 01:29
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 758 80% 639 Pts	64-Core 1,090 67% 1,090 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Lighting 240 Reflection 189 Parallax 192 196% 207 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 164 Splatting 117 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 964 1663 1675 1668 1656 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,484 Write 1,496 Mixed 1,000 SusWrite 1,391 354% 1,593 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 75.2 255% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 54.3 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 995 610% 635 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 393%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 405GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 469 719 719 718 718 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 872 Write 716 Mixed 535 SusWrite 620 154% 686 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 56.6 207% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,068 DQ Write 940 DQ Mixed 786 649% 931 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 297GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 492 492 492 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 462 Mixed 360 SusWrite 492 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.9 200% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 331 257% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 492 492 492 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 483 Mixed 389 SusWrite 492 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60 206% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 176 176 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 173 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 176 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%
WD WD1200BEVS-60UST0 120GB 3,683 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 82GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 53 48 52 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	28% Poor	Read 45 Write 43.2 Mixed 29 SusWrite 51.9 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C17 4x8GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 23.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 131%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,997 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 (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,911x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	261x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	332x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	192x
KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G 20GBKingstonBench 84%, 239 samples	69x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,262

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