Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	276% 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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '20 at 18:36
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 way below expectations (14^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 762 72% 596 Pts	64-Core 977 60% 977 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.3% Good	Lighting 59.8 Reflection 148 Parallax 158 49% 122 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 188 Splatting 99.9 94% 116 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1577 1457 1405 1411 1385 1287 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,134 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,011 SusWrite 1,420 354% 1,584 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.4 198% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,057 DQ Write 831 DQ Mixed 966 717% 952 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 393%
WD WD2004FBYZ-01YCBB0 2TB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 6GB free Firmware: RR04 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 128 Write 176 Mixed 86.8 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 230% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 106%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 60.9 Write 53.1 Mixed 47.4 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 69%
Sony Hard Drive 500GB 859 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 247GB free, PID 05bf Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 87.2 Write 59.4 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 85.1 92% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 1,842 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 17.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11.4 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $92Bench 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: $1,126

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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