Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	98.5% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 24 '23 at 06:38
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 744 69% 575 Pts	64-Core 954 59% 954 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 531.14 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 200 Parallax 196 150% 193 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 193 Splatting 131 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 393 412 433 433 395 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 439 Mixed 426 SusWrite 410 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 36.9 121% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 294 239% 339 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 125%
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB 10,220 User benchmarks, average bench 331% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1625 1651 1686 1772 1686 1522 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,111 Write 1987 Mixed 1744 SusWrite 1657 422% 1,875 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.1 196% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 866 DQ Write 778 DQ Mixed 823 617% 822 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 431%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 412GB free Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1120 1166 1166 1155 1157 1170 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,111 Write 1,022 Mixed 1,126 SusWrite 1,156 249% 1,104 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 60.2 176% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 831 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 759 571% 764 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 365%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 197 198 196 199 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 160 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 196 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
WD WUH 721414ALE604 14TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 11TB free Firmware: LDAZ SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 171 168 165 162 172 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 120%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 122 124 125 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 136 Write 122 Mixed 96.6 SusWrite 124 160% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%
BUFFALO External HDD 1.5TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 765GB free, PID 0108 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 39.7 Mixed 33.6 SusWrite 41.1 52% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 4x8GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 129%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 4,010 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,921x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	267x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	262x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	190x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	333x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	193x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	70x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,261

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16