Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	284% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 11:21
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 258 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 852 82% 677 Pts	64-Core 1,193 74% 1,193 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 86.5 69% 86.8 fps	MRender 75.7 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 71.3 61% 74.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 291GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 62 163210002462 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 424321399 (F7) Unknown 100 100 13265468 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3582401 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1936 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	60.6% Good	Read 483 Write 198 Mixed 232 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 12.1 72% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 16.6 57% 126 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 252GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9357 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1783 (B1) Unknown 82 82 210 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 40 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 558 (F1) Unknown 99 99 57010439902
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,497 Write 1,673 Mixed 1,681 432% 1,950 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.5 203% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 554 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 182 199% 342 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 353%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 71 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 106 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 167505035302 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 104 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 560 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 174 Mixed 158 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.31 276% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 87.9 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 4.14 4K Mixed 0.54 190% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x16GB 981 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.3 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 111%

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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 $127Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,143

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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