PC ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% 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	187% 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	PC ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK ROG MAXIMUS X HERO
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171005
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$186 746,287 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 (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 159 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 940 95% 769 Pts	64-Core 1,349 84% 1,349 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.4 154% 76.6 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 19.6 Splatting 26 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 70 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 323927942	105% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 404 Mixed 416 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 37.4 151% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 25.8 101% 227 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,507 Write 1,283 Mixed 1,422 313% 1,404 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 37.7 140% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 30.7 48% 86.6 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 353%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 76GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6292085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 4252017625384 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1590 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 396 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 43 55837392925 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 55837392925 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6292085 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6292085 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6292085 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 51539607552 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3711 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4811 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4811 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5024 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3407909	45.8% Average	Read 188 Write 146 Mixed 122 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 13.8 91% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 16.8 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 9.31 24% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62726400 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 46183 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 70 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 198 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 -115745073659837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 303582649 (F2) Unknown 100 253 303405152	103% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 172 Mixed 165 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GF2133C13K4 2x8GB 2,981 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 18.6 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 80%

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System: PC ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	21x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples	3x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	2x

SSD
Extreme 120GBSanDisk $160Bench 69%, 11,787 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	3x

RAM
CM4X4GF3000C15K4 4x4GBCorsairBench 83%, 260 samples	7x
CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CM4X8GD3000C16K4 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CM4X8GD3000C16K4 32GBCorsairBench 86%, 24 samples	3x
CM4X8GF2133C13K4 2x8GBCorsairBench 68%, 2,981 samples	2x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $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