Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 14:20
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 712 64% 540 Pts	64-Core 909 56% 909 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 181 166 174 140 158 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.9% Average	Read 244 Write 149 Mixed 134 SusWrite 168 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 12.1 58% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 139 112% 158 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 18GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 441 Write 338 Mixed 120 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 34.8 126% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 111 131% 228 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 32GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 74 76 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 80.3 Write 54 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 76.2 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 97% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 96%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 25GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 69 67 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 31 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 69.4 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 23.9 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	2,384x
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 $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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,129

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) $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