Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 141% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 20:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 315 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,017 101% 824 Pts	64-Core 1,310 81% 1,310 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2757 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 212 Parallax 187 162% 199 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 191 Splatting 130 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,113 Write 572 Mixed 500 229% 1,062 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 60.6 239% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 580 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 195 205% 346 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 354%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 480GB-$900 1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 447GB free Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	473% Outstanding	Read 2,471 Write 2,113 Mixed 2,333 514% 2,305 MB/s	4K Read 261 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 175 732% 216 MB/s	DQ Read 640 DQ Write 465 DQ Mixed 278 282% 461 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 473% Great: 541%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 237GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,493 Write 492 Mixed 740 198% 908 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 42 194% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 103 155% 308 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10966 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 244 (B1) Unknown 96 96 73 (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 58 36 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 484 (EB) Unknown 99 99 104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49025484510	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 382 Mixed 411 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 49.4 179% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 128 110% 169 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 27.8 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 31.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 128%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,905x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	354x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	261x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	331x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	192x
KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G 20GBKingstonBench 84%, 239 samples	69x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,262

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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