Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	271% 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180409
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 17:35
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 845 84% 683 Pts	64-Core 1,113 69% 1,113 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 69.4 66% 77.2 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 73.6 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 446GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 28358 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2462 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (64) Unknown 100 100 3447936 (65) Unknown 100 100 416768 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 508 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2756 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 163209740318 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28358 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 28358 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5907 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1945 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3969 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10542 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 28358	66.4% Good	Read 491 Write 266 Mixed 272 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 10.8 75% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 29.6 68% 144 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 92%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,725 Write 1,383 Mixed 1,481 410% 1,863 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.1 202% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 154 172% 295 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 254%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 212GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 387 (03) Spinup time 171 168 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4613 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2680 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 797 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3815 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 32 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 198 461 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 198 198 405 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 199 349	48.6% Average	Read 88.5 Write 80.5 Mixed 85.3 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.4 117% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,384x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 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	182x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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