Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	117% 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	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 08:06
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 980 96% 789 Pts	64-Core 1241 77% 1241 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 160 Parallax 138 130% 153 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 148 Splatting 117 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8592097280 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 39 42952228892 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 24088 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24088 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20923 (F9) Unknown 100 100 500 (FC) Unknown 100 100 2	70.1% Very good	Read 486 Write 234 Mixed 196 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 21.6 90% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 43.5 76% 152 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 117%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 29GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st 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 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1085 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 21 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 843 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 101 (E7) Temperature 100 100 28 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3 (F1) Unknown 0 0 270 (F2) Unknown 0 0 555	75.3% Very good	Read 499 Write 155 Mixed 236 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 28 123% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 59.7 81% 150 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$139 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 27GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4199 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1141 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9655118962	96.4% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 404 Mixed 421 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 32.4 130% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 123 132% 222 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 470GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 233 7291 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7030 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4289 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7002 (C2) HDA temperature 125 110 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 54418 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.6% Average	Read 91.1 Write 77.8 Mixed 79.1 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 98GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 172 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5075 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2074 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5030 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	41.6% Average	Read 72.6 Write 71.8 Mixed 73.7 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.44 118% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 71GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 164 5500 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4250 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1529 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4163 (C2) HDA temperature 127 108 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 126 Mixed 121 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.28 4K Mixed 0.26 119% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C15 2x8GB 6,416 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 30.3 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 49.2 SC Mixed 36.2 105% 36.8 GB/s	Latency 43.8 91% 43.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%

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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 $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,903x
Core i9-9900KIntel $419Bench 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 $55Bench 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