Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	190% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 18:33
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 1,023 97% 801 Pts	64-Core 1,332 82% 1,332 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1586 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 93% 113 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 91.5 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,479 Write 1,299 Mixed 1,398 311% 1,392 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 36.9 152% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 45.6 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 38.4 54% 93.3 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 68251031 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 23161650 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 118940529328962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (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 77 71 387317783 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5284 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 64424509463 (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 -131078106906073 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3411391871 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4241404714	100% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 164 Mixed 133 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

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 @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 30 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 35.3 102% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 43 93% 43 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,997 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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,911x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 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	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	332x
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 $273	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 $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 $45	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