Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	249% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 13:12
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 772 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 1,081 67% 1,081 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2542 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 146 Parallax 136 117% 142 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 135 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1068 862 858 841 828 830 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,365 Write 1,179 Mixed 1,124 SusWrite 881 255% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 80.4 274% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,321 DQ Write 1175 DQ Mixed 1,228 926% 1,241 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 372%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 85GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 335 349 353 353 356 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 496 Write 329 Mixed 257 SusWrite 350 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 15.1 128% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 87.9 108% 186 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 86%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 29GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 190 187 188 198 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 474 Write 191 Mixed 226 SusWrite 193 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 15.7 118% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 29.3 73% 157 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 474GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 122 118 123 122 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 73 Write 115 Mixed 66 SusWrite 122 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.5 199% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 90%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 287GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 106 96 90 96 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 119 Write 137 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 98.7 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 2,697 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 114%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,386x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	686x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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	177x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,129

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