Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% 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 Drive	255% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 17:16
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 763 74% 610 Pts	64-Core 1,050 65% 1,050 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 115 89% 113 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 82.9 75% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,719 Write 1,381 Mixed 1,440 406% 1,846 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 41.3 169% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 109 119% 203 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 254%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 261GB free Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 0 0 35 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 49 219043332142 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 570242858 (F7) Unknown 100 100 9273150 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6614506	97.3% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 397 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 38.8 134% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 78.2 101% 184 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 125%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$80 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 68 51795280 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15573999 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -97487167684546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (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 66 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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 -23343147253700 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32152927 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19642353	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 153 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 98.8 Write 103 Mixed 80.7 120% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 163GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 73.3 Write 81 Mixed 63.3 94% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 26.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 28.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 111%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,987 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,903x
Core i9-9900KIntel $427Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	259x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	866x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	354x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	261x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	273x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	188x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	331x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	192x
KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G 20GBKingstonBench 84%, 239 samples	69x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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