Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.67% 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	369% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 14:10
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 154 2-Core 307 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 1,007 100% 817 Pts	64-Core 1309 81% 1309 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

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. 26.20.100.7985 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.67% Terrible	Lighting 8.83 Reflection 13 Parallax 9.5 7% 10.4 fps	MRender 14.7 Gravity 8.13 Splatting 18 12% 13.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.67% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1883 1917 1931 1924 1927 1935 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	369% Outstanding	Read 2,619 Write 1,920 Mixed 927 SusWrite 1,919 412% 1,846 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 79.7 289% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,267 DQ Write 1,349 DQ Mixed 1099 884% 1,238 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 369% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 172GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 284 286 288 288 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 487 Mixed 430 SusWrite 306 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 66.7 228% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 24.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 104%

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

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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	2,905x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 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	354x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 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 $79Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	331x
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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,276

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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