Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 21:20
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 824 78% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,080 67% 1,080 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 193 Parallax 193 148% 189 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 241 128 124 120 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 413 Mixed 401 SusWrite 199 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 50.4 173% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 16GB free Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 457 Mixed 307 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 38.6 142% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 181 156% 223 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 107%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 534GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 122 124 122 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 128 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 122 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 342GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 103 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 60 Mixed 66 SusWrite 103 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 187 180 187 179 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 161 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 180 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 368% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 900GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 117 115 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 148 Write 132 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 115 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 788GB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 142 142 142 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 6.7 Write 132 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 140 51% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.3 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 168 169 167 167 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Maxtor OneTouch 750GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 36GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 37.3 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 39.2 48% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 57% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 19%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 36.5 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 11.2 38% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 133% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 107%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 6GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 10 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 34.8 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 10.9 34% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 59%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 390GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 8.1 9.6 10 11 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	8.96% Terrible	Read 29 Write 24.3 Mixed 20 SusWrite 10 27% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 8.96% Great: 22%
WD 15EADS External 1.5TB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 13GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 32.2 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 11.1 33% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 5,453 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 139%

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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 - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,399x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	299x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	253x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	688x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	337x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 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	184x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	179x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,136

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16