Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	258% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 18:06
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$128 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 718 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 149 Parallax 127 112% 138 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 779GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,041 Write 1,490 Mixed 1,285 356% 1,605 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 50.6 194% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 692 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 251 280% 478 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 302%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 163GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14159 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1933 (B1) Unknown 95 95 158 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 220 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21200129389	80.5% Excellent	Read 506 Write 369 Mixed 436 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 22.7 96% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 76.3 88% 157 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 86%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$120 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 139 139 21500985712 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 53 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 176095035430 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	113% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 186 Mixed 177 143% 191 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 4.29 4K Mixed 0.36 162% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$120 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 165 165 17198743909 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 22 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 176095035431 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 185 Mixed 178 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 0.44 161% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 709GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230097896 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 17212293753 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1830 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64810 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 60129542179 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119619134151349 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -122447498382374 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12885558346469	101% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 182 Mixed 133 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 668GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212563568 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 56 17182128363 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1826 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26397 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 55834574881 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -7876970010078 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -32243430300606 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7915504323109	73.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 130 Mixed 147 102% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 138 Write 8.16 Mixed 12.6 41% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.04 42% 3.54 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 29.4 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 26.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 129%

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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 $192Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,404x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	299x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	253x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	689x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	338x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $167Bench 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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,188

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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