Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 16:36
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 826 83% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,127 70% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 188 Parallax 192 149% 188 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 173 Splatting 117 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,562 Write 1,093 Mixed 1,092 277% 1,249 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 34.7 183% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 54.7 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 27.3 39% 70.3 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 254%
Seagate ST4000NM0045-1VT107 4TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2.5TB free Firmware: TS04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 65 72015566 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42671291 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (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 60 51 673579048 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 986 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1234 (C2) HDA temperature 40 49 85899345960 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 72015566 (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 -55151675047726 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8105162439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10874061551	94.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 165 Mixed 150 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 4.14 4K Mixed 0.62 201% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 118%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 169GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 60.2 Write 66.3 Mixed 61.1 82% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 19.6 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 107%

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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 - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,381x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	685x
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 $76Bench 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 $113Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $1,110

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