Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	102% 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	256% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '17 at 07:31
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 927 92% 748 Pts	64-Core 1,211 75% 1,211 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 121 106% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLW1T0HMLH-000L7 1TB 1,393 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 683GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6L7QCXY7 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,244 Write 1,358 Mixed 1,345 364% 1,649 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 67 236% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 60.6 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 34.8 84% 164 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 280%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7611 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2792 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 188 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (B5) Unknown 100 100 30799531084007 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 144 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2596 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	62.5% Good	Read 493 Write 189 Mixed 272 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 4.54 95% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 6.58 35% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q 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 98 98 6379 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1549 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 76 56 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5203386703
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 361GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197679744 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 58 98890591151 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1781 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80058 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 -14611478735311 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29285865980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60299956297	93.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 146 Mixed 127 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 113%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 6TB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 242 Write 161 Mixed 167 230% 190 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.21 29% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 91%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 32GB 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 30GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 89.2 Write 17.5 Mixed 21.9 41% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.29 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.61 64% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 35%

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 (68^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 28.5 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 30.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 122%

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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	259x

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	273x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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