Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 20:07
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 769 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 146 Parallax 140 116% 143 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 137 Splatting 106 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,407 Write 2,285 Mixed 1245 439% 1,979 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 95.3 326% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,009 DQ Write 1,419 DQ Mixed 1,167 895% 1,198 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 230GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,516 Write 6,584 Mixed 6,219 1,440% 6,440 MB/s	4K Read 760 4K Write 332 4K Mixed 445 1,897% 512 MB/s	DQ Read 2156 DQ Write 1,648 DQ Mixed 1,722 1,336% 1,842 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 151GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1350 297 297 297 296 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,494 Write 1,467 Mixed 979 SusWrite 472 298% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 89.5 319% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 968 DQ Write 1,501 DQ Mixed 989 818% 1,153 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 280%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 66GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 76 SusWrite 99.2 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 69%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 85GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 108 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 109 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 32.6 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,418x
Core i9-9900KIntel $429Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	301x
Core i7-8086KIntel $443Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	253x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	692x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	341x
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	230x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	202x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	184x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $145Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	181x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	146x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	116x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,120

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16