Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.57% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	190% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 19:42
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 857 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.57% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 9 Parallax 8.03 6% 7.92 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.8 9% 9.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.57% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 704 390 364 339 308 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,863 Write 1,378 Mixed 696 SusWrite 401 240% 1,084 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 58.5 217% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 871 DQ Mixed 541 418% 550 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 302%
Toshiba MK7559GSXP 750GB-$118 5,761 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 699GB free Firmware: GN001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 73 75 68 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 88.7 Write 72.7 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 66.4 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 56%
Seagate ST1500LM003-9YH148 1.5TB 798 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 72 72 72 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 69.5 Write 61 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 70.5 41% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 52%
Seagate ST14000DM001-2JC101 14TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 11TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 234 233 225 227 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 105%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 913GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 78 78 78 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 74.2 Write 69.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 76.1 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 51%
Seagate ST91000430AS 1TB 215 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 831GB free Firmware: CC9A SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 80 81 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 39.3 Write 50.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 76.9 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 46%
Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 750GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 155GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 29 40 40 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 24.7 Write 36.2 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 35.8 42% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 59% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 57%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,996 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,910x
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