Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	197% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 02:56
Run Duration	360 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 125 2-Core 228 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 749 71% 587 Pts	64-Core 1,015 63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 208 Parallax 185 155% 194 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 188 Splatting 131 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 640 628 606 572 568 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 2,094 Write 1,639 Mixed 646 SusWrite 646 278% 1,256 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.8 201% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 49.3 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 318 230% 284 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 928GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 508 508 509 508 508 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 402GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1319 1185 1188 1182 1182 1176 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,041 Write 1,754 Mixed 751 SusWrite 1,206 321% 1,438 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 59.3 192% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,234 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 628 542% 818 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 260GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 436 422 481 438 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 221 Mixed 282 SusWrite 445 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 54.6 181% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 254 209% 302 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 81GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 322 322 322 321 322 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 485 Mixed 460 SusWrite 344 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 56.3 185% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 197GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 105 115 114 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 79.3 Write 77.7 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 112 52% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 107%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 144 144 144 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 144 154% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 28.9 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 123%

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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 - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,391x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	299x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	252x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	688x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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	179x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,154

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16