Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	70.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 03:59
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 below expectations (31^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 773 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 198 Parallax 173 150% 185 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 158 Splatting 112 106% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 219GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 2808 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 39 261994250289 (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 5281446476 (F7) Unknown 100 100 165118721 (F8) Unknown 100 100 30770787 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1942 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.9% Excellent	Read 475 Write 322 Mixed 334 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 25 106% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 40.5 82% 168 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 98%
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^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 0 (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 36876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 598 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4194310 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 173 173 919166386717 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 62 62 188980133926 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	70.2% Very good	Read 461 Write 200 Mixed 272 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 18.2 103% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 26.7 70% 150 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 97%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 40.9 Mixed 36.3 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.48 186% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 65%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: GGB8 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 56 7685931 (03) Spinup time 100 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2890 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 4070 (07) Seek error rate 36 36 2388004125286 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 31 395143282789 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 48 773259306 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2581 (C2) HDA temperature 42 52 85899345962 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 28 7685931 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 23 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 23 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64% Good	Read 116 Write 107 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.48 112% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 876GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6353 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4964 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6124 (C2) HDA temperature 107 94 40 (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	73% Very good	Read 133 Write 121 Mixed 124 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 258GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 577 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 40115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 377382 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (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 0	60.4% Good	Read 93.2 Write 117 Mixed 95.1 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 85%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 543 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 174GB free, PID 0216 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 40 Write 42.4 Mixed 41.1 54% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.32 63% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 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	67% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 19.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 101%

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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	2,905x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	265x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	354x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	261x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
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 $127Bench 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: $1,276

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