Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

21 days ago, 21 days ago, 13 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 05:30
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-8086K-$599 21,208 User benchmarks, average bench 96% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	87.7% Excellent	1-Core 135 2-Core 260 93% 197 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 816 81% 645 Pts	64-Core 1044 70% 1044 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$650 119,856 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3514 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 387 Reflection 302 Parallax 374 102% 354 fps	MRender 354 Gravity 318 Splatting 177 96% 283 fps
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 100,011 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 629 632 628 626 616 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,251 Write 1,054 Mixed 744 SusWrite 646 206% 924 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 67 240% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,240 DQ Write 1,165 DQ Mixed 949 782% 1,118 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 260%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 3,462 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 379GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 472 472 481 480 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 290 Mixed 380 SusWrite 476 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 42.3 178% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 274 212% 294 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$60 43,284 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 93%

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

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 11,471 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 116%

UFO

Desktop 117%

UFO

Workstation 95%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $260

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $360Bench 92%, 377,946 samples	9,445x
Core i7-8086KIntel $599Bench 96%, 21,208 samples	856x
Core i5-8600KIntel $245Bench 91%, 139,790 samples	499x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 134%, 422,679 samples	4,333x
GTX 1080Nvidia $445Bench 105%, 561,146 samples	1,937x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples	732x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 221%, 100,011 samples	1,164x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 198%, 162,769 samples	817x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 284%, 41,310 samples	788x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $85Bench 87%, 103,477 samples	1,202x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $227Bench 95%, 21,484 samples	627x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 269,498 samples	497x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,653

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $58
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24