Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	188% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200925
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '21 at 13:24
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$179 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 154 2-Core 270 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 601 69% 540 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 138 Parallax 96.2 81% 111 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.8 90% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$35 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 951 802 800 812 815 709 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,618 Write 1,896 Mixed 1580 SusWrite 815 333% 1,477 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 57 176% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 550 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 380 285% 389 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 284%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$35 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 396GB free Firmware: 101200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1196 820 814 823 822 815 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,645 Write 1,730 Mixed 1,531 SusWrite 882 325% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 55.1 178% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 755 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 442 354% 508 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 284%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 303GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 113 115 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 186 Write 143 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 115 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 687 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 22.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 105%

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

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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 $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,408x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	301x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	253x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	690x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	339x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	230x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	200x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	184x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	181x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16