Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 01:06
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 267 97% 172 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 384 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.4% 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 6686) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 78% 105 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 91% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 3780 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 620 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 65 42 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19238146440
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 85.4 Write 79.3 Mixed 55 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 6.25 4K Mixed 0.34 173% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 66%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 838GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 424 (03) Spinup time 197 177 5133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 652 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 90585 (C2) HDA temperature 121 97 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	72.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 115 Mixed 134 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 84%
USB 2.0 Flash Drive 4GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1167 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.22% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 6.74 Mixed 9.06 13% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.73 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 26% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.22% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer 78.CAGPW.ARC0B 2x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 29.7 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 30.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 106%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,987 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,903x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	259x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	866x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	354x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 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 $76Bench 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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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