Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 134% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	133% 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	288% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 01:29
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$219 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 160 2-Core 315 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 1,012 98% 807 Pts	64-Core 1317 82% 1317 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 6393) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3001 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 203 Parallax 206 151% 198 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 185 Splatting 128 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,837 Write 1,363 Mixed 1,399 409% 1,866 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 45.4 234% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 474 DQ Mixed 208 238% 409 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 254%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 52GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1100 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 225 (AE) Unknown 100 100 325 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 750 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1690 (F1) Unknown 100 100 43736637469 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33804613856
Poor: 26% Great: 56%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 52GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 100 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 78 (A9) Unknown 100 100 27 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 49 (AE) Unknown 100 100 231 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 219043332129 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5182 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1841 (F2) Unknown 253 253 925
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 144 144 34383528371 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 711 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 711 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 197569347616 (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 12	65.4% Good	Read 112 Write 116 Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.14 55% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 28.1 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 32.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 122%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $219Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,389x
Core i9-9900KIntel $459Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	299x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	252x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	686x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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	178x

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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,165

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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