Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	117% 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	81.2% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 07:15
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 962 94% 773 Pts	64-Core 1,206 75% 1,206 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 156 Parallax 135 129% 150 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 148 Splatting 117 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8591966208 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 39 42952228892 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 23697 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23697 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20258 (F9) Unknown 100 100 493 (FC) Unknown 100 100 2	81.2% Excellent	Read 502 Write 263 Mixed 198 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 23.6 121% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 45.4 78% 155 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 117%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 29GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^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 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1075 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 20 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 770 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 101 (E7) Temperature 100 100 28 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3 (F1) Unknown 0 0 268 (F2) Unknown 0 0 552	74.1% Very good	Read 505 Write 154 Mixed 236 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 29.2 118% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 59.9 80% 149 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 27GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4193 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1131 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 79 62 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9644451802	99.2% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 417 Mixed 428 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 32.1 138% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 116 124% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 470GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 248 233 7575 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7020 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4280 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6992 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 54418 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 89.1 Write 73.2 Mixed 77.9 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.43 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 98GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 172 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5060 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2063 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5023 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	39% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 66.5 Mixed 75.2 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.38 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 71GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 164 6183 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1518 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4157 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.2% Very good	Read 121 Write 123 Mixed 113 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.27 111% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C15 2x8GB 6,416 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 45.2 MC Write 44.7 MC Mixed 32.1 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 47.4 SC Mixed 35.8 102% 35.6 GB/s	Latency 42.3 94% 42.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%

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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	2,914x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	266x
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 $95Bench 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
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	69x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,262

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 $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