Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	233% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (80%). 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	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 256 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 635 59% 492 Pts	64-Core 1,218 75% 1,218 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 186 Parallax 176 137% 177 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 166 Splatting 121 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% 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% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,613 Write 1,365 Mixed 1,438 397% 1,806 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 26.3 141% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 48.5 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 26.6 36% 63.9 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 10GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12678 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 580 (B1) Unknown 91 91 188 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 52 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 249 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35523553410	39.8% Below average	Read 481 Write 321 Mixed 152 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.85 4K Mixed 0.22 4% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18836584 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54645295 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 567 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 27 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 62 606208035 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 104547 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 81604378659 (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 -30425548316447 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18192847726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 373022747625	105% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 169 Mixed 160 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 156GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225599936 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 8604417814 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 656736294 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7875 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 77309411366 (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 13267153978586 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15865981775 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74038955050	53.7% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 92.1 Mixed 89 69% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.17 50% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x16GB 1,959 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 30.3 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,386x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	686x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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	177x

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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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