Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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, 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 (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 23:57
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 915 87% 717 Pts	64-Core 1,240 77% 1,240 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 85% 109 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 102 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7515 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2771 (B1) Unknown 97 97 97 (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 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 30 (EB) Unknown 99 99 191 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22699342369	70% Good	Read 506 Write 203 Mixed 249 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 23.5 117% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 60.5 46% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 116%
DP-CT050M4SSC2 64GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 15GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^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 10946 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3215 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2100250542392 (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 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 6 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	54.5% Above average	Read 493 Write 107 Mixed 178 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 4.85 87% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 81.8 DQ Mixed 8.11 31% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 65%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115956584 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13957950 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471138332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3746 (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 -31155692763040 (F1) Unknown 100 253 67024219369 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14987501313
Poor: 43% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 331GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 155 4950 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4693 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9017 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 32 (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 0	64% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 114 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 69%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 226GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 158 4975 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8684 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4707 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 545 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8681 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 32 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.6% Above average	Read 114 Write 93.3 Mixed 99 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.6 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 109%

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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 (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,922x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	267x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	262x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	191x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	333x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	193x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	70x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,261

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16