Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	132% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 06:02
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$442 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Memory 36.6 1-Core 25 2-Core 49.2 24% 36.9 Pts	4-Core 87.6 8-Core 170 15% 129 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 52.9 Reflection 73 Parallax 139 43% 88.3 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 2TB 4,674 User benchmarks, average bench 222% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1199 861 813 872 865 872 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1050 Write 1,417 Mixed 1,199 SusWrite 914 259% 1,145 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 27.1 84% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 184 135% 177 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 309%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 407 383 415 411 414 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 435 Write 424 Mixed 378 SusWrite 405 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 27.7 90% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 182 137% 183 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 859GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1470 1497 1407 1064 1043 1097 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,542 Write 1514 Mixed 1,230 SusWrite 1,263 312% 1,387 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 34.1 112% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 192 142% 188 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 164 164 169 163 166 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 29GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 10 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 53.5 Write 18.4 Mixed 14.4 SusWrite 10.4 26% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 219 18% 219 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 183%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 196%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI) - $560

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $442Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	1,710x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	746x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	716x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	788x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,375Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	606x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	372x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	616x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	353x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	239x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	134x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	120x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	100x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $1,831

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