Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% 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 (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 23:41
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 293 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 930 91% 746 Pts	64-Core 1155 72% 1155 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 75.1 65% 78.2 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 71 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 201GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^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 8100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (A2) Unknown 100 100 121 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262160 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2307 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2805	76.1% Very good	Read 518 Write 340 Mixed 349 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 9.81 89% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 45.4 81% 158 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 97%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,071 Write 1,086 Mixed 1,138 315% 1,432 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 25.4 170% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 415 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 24 128% 289 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
WD Black 3TB (2012)-$205 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 139 10033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 686 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 662 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 32 (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	93.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 149 Mixed 145 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.04 4K Mixed 0.43 134% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 28 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33.1 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 3,996 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

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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 $95Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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