Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '22 at 21:12
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 893 83% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,170 72% 1,170 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 144 Parallax 179 95% 146 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 125 Splatting 96.7 91% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,588 Write 2,239 Mixed 1,587 474% 2,138 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 92.3 312% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,008 DQ Write 890 DQ Mixed 1,073 770% 990 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 178GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 322 319 318 319 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 491 Mixed 424 SusWrite 335 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.3 224% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 520GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 146 147 146 146 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 123 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 146 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 571GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 171 174 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 173 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 174 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 27.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $178	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