Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 03:14
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 615 8-Core 1024 100% 819 Pts	64-Core 1,289 80% 1,289 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 81 Parallax 70.1 66% 77.5 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 73.2 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 631 626 626 621 622 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,828 Write 1,683 Mixed 708 SusWrite 649 271% 1,217 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 63.2 241% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1118 DQ Write 810 DQ Mixed 782 634% 903 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 254%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 95GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 306 311 306 305 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 445 Mixed 344 SusWrite 314 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.8 180% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 251 211% 308 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 542GB free Firmware: 3.CHN SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 40 41 40 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 56.7 Write 34.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 40.5 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 42%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 386GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 65 64 67 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 136 Write 74 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 65.6 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 25.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 30.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 104%

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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	2,386x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 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	183x
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 $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 $177	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