Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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.
Boot Drive	322% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 04:53
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 896 93% 749 Pts	64-Core 900 56% 900 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2663) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 22.3 Reflection 21.6 Parallax 27.1 18% 23.7 fps	Gravity 26.8 Splatting 23.1 22% 25 fps
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,861 Write 1,836 Mixed 1,844 482% 2,180 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 43.1 243% 98.9 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 270 278% 454 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 353%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 222GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1083 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1329 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 100 77311705116 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 220 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 387 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9026 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 62 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9026 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15449 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1038	68.4% Good	Read 514 Write 234 Mixed 272 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 21.9 89% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 53.2 66% 119 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 69%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 106GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -127526168950656 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1988 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 345 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1029 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 34 77311639582 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 345 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 144749 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 53598 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 61 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 53598 (F2) Unknown 100 100 93463 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6985	74.6% Very good	Read 512 Write 137 Mixed 186 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 18.5 136% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 34.3 57% 111 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 79%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 106GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -129132485820226 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3571 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3568 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 102 102 6512303 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3568 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 63438 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 63438 (F2) Unknown 100 100 119234 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2206	83.8% Excellent	Read 525 Write 167 Mixed 242 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 18.4 154% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 53.9 80% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 78GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -83442624625303 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1495 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 339 (B7) Unknown 100 100 34 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 34 77311639580 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 339 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 22013 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 52076 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 63 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52076 (F2) Unknown 100 100 91634 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7043	77.1% Very good	Read 493 Write 135 Mixed 195 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 23.8 149% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 44.3 57% 101 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 79%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4TB free Firmware: 0909 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 150 Write 100 Mixed 105 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 7.94 4K Mixed 0.58 259% 3.21 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 122%

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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 $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 $76Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $1,110

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