Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	269% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '21 at 21:08
Run Duration	411 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10850K-$279 84,873 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 158 2-Core 314 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 1,118 104% 867 Pts	64-Core 2,117 131% 2,117 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.19% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 8.8 5% 33.1 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 12.1 8% 10 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.19% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 90.9 Parallax 82.8 74% 88.1 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 72 70% 87.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2096 662 614 612 616 617 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,509 Write 2294 Mixed 1,512 SusWrite 870 401% 1,796 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 76.3 251% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 862 DQ Write 804 DQ Mixed 783 602% 817 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 465GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2269 623 627 626 626 625 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,494 Write 2,296 Mixed 1,615 SusWrite 899 408% 1,826 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 77.6 258% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 877 DQ Write 831 DQ Mixed 796 614% 835 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 340%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 75 76 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 69.5 Write 46.5 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 74.4 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 43%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 75 81 82 80 82 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 79.2 Write 78.4 Mixed 57 SusWrite 79.8 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 114 114 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 114 Write 86.9 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 114 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 63%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 77 77 76 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 74.6 Write 55 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 76 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 215 217 219 219 217 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 464GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 75 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 72.9 Write 52.4 Mixed 50 SusWrite 75.2 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 90%
Patriot Memory 32GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 28GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15.5 Mixed 2.5 7% 9 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%
ASMT 2115 1TB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 453GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 208 209 209 209 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 241 Write 228 Mixed 220 SusWrite 209 304% 224 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 21.6 1,688% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 26.6 DQ Mixed 23.3 1,775% 23.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 167%
ASMT 2115 500GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 134GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 208 209 209 208 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 248 Write 229 Mixed 225 SusWrite 208 308% 228 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 22.6 1,706% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 26.6 DQ Mixed 24.7 1,829% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 164%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 18.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 112%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 196%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI) - $547

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	1,716x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	747x
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	718x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	791x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	606x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	373x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	616x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	353x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	134x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	120x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	100x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $2,107

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