Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 146% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	142% 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	228% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 00:07
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 5.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 164 2-Core 329 107% 197 Pts	4-Core 654 8-Core 1,028 104% 841 Pts	64-Core 1,355 84% 1,355 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 184 Parallax 182 163% 189 fps	MRender 220 Gravity 165 Splatting 117 131% 167 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 325 325 326 326 326 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,074 Write 1,172 Mixed 616 SusWrite 364 232% 1,057 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 55.3 247% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,061 DQ Write 1,150 DQ Mixed 711 644% 974 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 203GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 488 484 492 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 491 Mixed 397 SusWrite 489 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 67.5 231% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 407GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 11,558 Write 11086 Mixed 11,173 2,519% 11,272 MB/s	4K Read 876 4K Write 751 4K Mixed 19.1 1,749% 549 MB/s	DQ Read 538 DQ Write 1,694 DQ Mixed 1,752 1,156% 1,328 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 225 227 223 230 221 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 758GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 124 124 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 162 Mixed 113 SusWrite 124 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C17 2x8GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 47.6 MC Mixed 31.1 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 53.3 SC Mixed 36.2 108% 37.8 GB/s	Latency 42 95% 42 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

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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 (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