Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	130% 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	245% 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 (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 23:51
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 151 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 981 96% 786 Pts	64-Core 1,188 74% 1,188 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 193 Parallax 195 149% 191 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 179 Splatting 123 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 632GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,661 Write 1,468 Mixed 1,529 416% 1,886 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 31.7 190% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 480 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 177 198% 338 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 373GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2281 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 122 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1659601612	102% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 412 Mixed 415 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 43 165% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 43.8 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 123 99% 134 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,654 Write 1,129 Mixed 1,323 373% 1,702 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 37.6 186% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 162 170% 278 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 135GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23520 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1319 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (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 67 49 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 227 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10731910195	91.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 351 Mixed 352 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 23.8 131% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 83.6 107% 195 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 118%
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 64GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5640699 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 -26843545570403 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 220 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 60 47248572445 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5640699 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5640699 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5640699 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5830 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5689 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5689 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8851	85.9% Excellent	Read 521 Write 252 Mixed 330 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 21.2 130% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 59 101% 197 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 57GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 25170 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1173 (B1) Unknown 72 72 337 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 181 (F1) Unknown 99 99 68171277331	66.6% Good	Read 497 Write 135 Mixed 192 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 10.4 103% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 28.5 70% 153 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 73%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 610GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 91.9 Write 95.8 Mixed 73.9 111% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 31.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 117%

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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 $427Bench 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 $56Bench 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 $131	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