Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 109%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive238% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171101
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 13 '17 at 23:07
Run Duration215 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Memory 96.6
1-Core 164
2-Core 329
107% 197 Pts
4-Core 648
8-Core 1,079
105% 864 Pts
64-Core 1,376
85% 1,376 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 109%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 116
Parallax 98.8
88% 108 fps
MRender 98.3
Gravity 99
Splatting 100
81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
233GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
120% Outstanding
Read 520
Write 416
Mixed 422
101% 453 MB/s
4K Read 48.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 47.3
195% 70 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 30.4
102% 225 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 120%
Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
238% Outstanding
Read 2,406
Write 1,257
Mixed 1,193
356% 1,618 MB/s
4K Read 60.6
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 28.4
207% 79.4 MB/s
DQ Read 63.9
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 26.9
47% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 238%
Great: 236%
Toshiba HG6 128GB
45GB free
Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 520
Write 482
Mixed 503
112% 502 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 25.8
138% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 222
193% 286 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 105%
Great: 104%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84
825GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
65.3% Good
Read 113
Write 114
Mixed 106
84% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.89
4K Write 2.36
4K Mixed 0.28
112% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 84%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70
595GB free
Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
64.9% Good
Read 112
Write 114
Mixed 107
84% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 2.23
4K Mixed 0.41
119% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 63%
Samsung HD503HI 500GB-$41
97GB free
Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
34% Below average
Read 57.4
Write 61
Mixed 69.6
48% 62.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.41
4K Mixed 0.24
73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 34%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
95.3% Outstanding
MC Read 35.5
MC Write 35.6
MC Mixed 28.5
95% 33.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.6
SC Write 40.3
SC Mixed 29.8
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 51.7
77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,996 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 103%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $320

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $1,262
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