Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 05:43
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 819 79% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 109 Parallax 102 88% 106 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.8 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,937 Write 1,573 Mixed 645 305% 1,385 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 59 216% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1037 DQ Write 848 DQ Mixed 883 678% 923 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 75GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1120 1114 1100 924 523 435 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,309 Write 1,098 Mixed 700 SusWrite 869 222% 994 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 57.8 217% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,159 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 451 420% 672 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 283%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 165GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 70 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 72.4 Write 72.7 Mixed 83 SusWrite 72.7 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 85%
Toshiba MG03ACA100 1TB 1,552 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 32GB free Firmware: FL2H SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 74 61 63 65 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 90 Write 89.2 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 70.4 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 91%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 68GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 126 145 132 152 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 142 Mixed 109 SusWrite 132 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 100%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -0 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 94GB free, PID cfc0 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 84 84 84 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47% Average	Read 88.3 Write 81 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 83.4 103% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 5.5 375% 6.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GB 5,888 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 32.7 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 31 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 136%

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

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 4,007 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,918x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	267x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	261x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	190x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	333x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	193x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	70x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16