Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	233% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200925
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '21 at 21:42
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 81.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 253 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 853 87% 702 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 872F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.5% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 41.9 37% 41.3 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 32.8 35% 44.4 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 803 819 784 793 780 775 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,745 Write 1,609 Mixed 1,271 SusWrite 792 303% 1,354 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 61.1 199% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1335 DQ Write 1,044 DQ Mixed 1,176 883% 1,185 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 355%
Wd50e............. . 5TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4TB free Firmware: 21.00F.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 151 152 145 150 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 160 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 148 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 111%

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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