Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 102%, 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	291% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180409
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 21:42
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 918 91% 742 Pts	64-Core 1,190 74% 1,190 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% 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: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 195 Parallax 180 149% 186 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 173 Splatting 127 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS1TSSD370S 1TB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 881GB free Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 93 (A3) Unknown 100 100 62 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1755 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 13750 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18054 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15474 (F5) Unknown 100 100 28080	99.1% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 418 Mixed 461 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 35.6 133% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 71.1 108% 200 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 863GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,350 Write 1,819 Mixed 1,740 437% 1,970 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62 210% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 225 234% 383 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 363%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 135 10316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3780 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1361 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3673 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 35 (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	54.3% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 93.6 Mixed 106 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.43 117% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 93%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 298GB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 84 45 12800 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6723 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2070 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48663 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 35 (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	52.1% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 83.2 Mixed 83.8 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.54 146% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 255GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5641 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9687 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4086 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9669 (C2) HDA temperature 117 81 33 (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	45% Average	Read 76.6 Write 80 Mixed 88.9 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 132GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174960510 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 511289963 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1553 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 555679777 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 55 140503515 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.2% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 70.4 Mixed 67.8 49% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.32 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 44%
Hds72505 0KLA360 500GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 78GB free Firmware: K2AO Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 44.9 Write 31.3 Mixed 38.9 29% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C18 4x8GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 47 MC Write 48.9 MC Mixed 35.9 126% 43.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 52.5 SC Mixed 34 105% 36.8 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%

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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	2,910x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 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	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	332x
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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,262

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16