Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	172% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '20 at 10:22
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 240 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 649 69% 549 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 149 Parallax 136 110% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 103 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 457 431 404 392 369 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,160 Write 444 Mixed 574 SusWrite 425 144% 651 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 55.9 194% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,178 DQ Write 606 DQ Mixed 807 622% 864 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 353%
Samsung 830 Series 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 104 104 105 104 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 78.3 Write 86.8 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 103 19% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 4% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 18%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 343 Write 89.7 Mixed 125 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 31.2 4K Mixed 16 63% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 25.5 DQ Mixed 35.8 57% 118 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 76%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 137 130 132 135 137 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 147 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 134 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 226% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 144%

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

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,904x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	259x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
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 $95Bench 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 $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	192x
KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G 20GBKingstonBench 84%, 239 samples	69x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,262

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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