Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics7.22% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive317% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180409
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 16 '21 at 03:55
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
96.4% Outstanding
Memory 96
1-Core 104
2-Core 292
89% 164 Pts
4-Core 520
8-Core 902
86% 711 Pts
64-Core 1,205
75% 1,205 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 96.4%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)
Asus(1043 872F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
7.22% Terrible
Lighting 7.7
Reflection 10.6
Parallax 9.2
6% 9.17 fps
MRender 12.4
Gravity 7.9
Splatting 12.4
9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.22%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234
656GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2278 2264 2229 1106 1081 1048 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
317% Outstanding
Read 2,153
Write 2,161
Mixed 1,558
SusWrite 1,668
424% 1,885 MB/s
4K Read 48
4K Write 155
4K Mixed 74.8
251% 92.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1295
DQ Write 994
DQ Mixed 1,148
858% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 317%
Great: 371%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 40.4
MC Write 42.5
MC Mixed 28.5
106% 37.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 37.6
SC Mixed 33.5
83% 29.2 GB/s
Latency 53.8
74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 103%
Great: 117%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,997 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 103%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $320

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $1,262
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