Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	179% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 00:36
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 912 90% 738 Pts	64-Core 1,208 75% 1,208 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.6% 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 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 198 Parallax 194 144% 190 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 174 Splatting 129 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,535 Write 1,277 Mixed 1,286 304% 1,366 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 23.4 114% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 23.9 50% 95 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 119GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 69 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 83 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 365312289	103% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 490 Mixed 490 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 35.1 149% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 23 56% 110 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 100GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 68 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 83 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 242909741	109% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 484 Mixed 496 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 33.6 146% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 138 153% 260 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 107 (03) Spinup time 225 225 21494235425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 65 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 71 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 214749675564 (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 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 185 Mixed 184 142% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.71 4K Mixed 0.47 160% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$248 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 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 $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	229x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: $1,124

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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