Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	77.8% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '18 at 00:50
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$208 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 1,046 102% 837 Pts	64-Core 1,333 82% 1,333 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 170 Write 177 Mixed 827 89% 391 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 28.6 176% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 175 142% 191 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 144%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 74GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4553120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 124717260354000 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4566 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2560 (B1) Unknown 0 0 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 51 42953015327 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 42953015327 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4553120 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4553120 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4553120 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 39354 (EA) Unknown 0 0 35116 (F1) Unknown 0 0 35116 (F2) Unknown 0 0 54059	69.1% Good	Read 516 Write 193 Mixed 252 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 13.3 118% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 12.4 28% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 84%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 222GB free Firmware: VT100-53 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6080 (04) Start/Stop count 72 72 28441 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 56686 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10567 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1507808 (BE) vendor-specific 136 112 34 (C2) HDA temperature 136 112 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 318974 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	40.1% Average	Read 67.8 Write 71.7 Mixed 67.2 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 38%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 37GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 253 231 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9424 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7171 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6543 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 44 (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	38.7% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 64.1 Mixed 66.9 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.4 119% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,565 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 44.1 MC Write 46.5 MC Mixed 31.3 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 53.3 SC Mixed 35.8 109% 38.2 GB/s	Latency 44.5 90% 44.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 108%

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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 $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,917x
Core i9-9900KIntel $439Bench 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 $265Bench 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	189x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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	69x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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