Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	113% 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	118% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 15:09
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 840 87% 701 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 152 Parallax 132 124% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 111 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 448 446 447 445 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 440 Mixed 339 SusWrite 446 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.3 175% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 349 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 66GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 143 143 143 144 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 322 Mixed 368 SusWrite 178 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55 197% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 174 181% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Envoy 2012 121GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 11GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 326 Write 238 Mixed 274 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 34.8 121% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 37.7 60% 114 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 62%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 462GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 94 95 95 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 120 Write 109 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 93.9 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3300 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 29.8 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 32.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%

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

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO - $250

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,383x
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	298x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	686x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	336x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 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	182x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	177x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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