Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	74.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 22:04
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 106% 194 Pts	4-Core 640 8-Core 942 99% 791 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1613 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 93 Parallax 92.1 78% 93.5 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 84.9 Splatting 75.8 68% 83.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9231 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2971 (B1) Unknown 90 90 198 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 469 (F1) Unknown 99 99 93545366415	91.6% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 406 Mixed 420 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 24.9 136% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.3 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 23.7 54% 105 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 584GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 181 7741 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2755 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2452 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 98426 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 106 Mixed 109 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 308GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 177 5558 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5184 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 412717 (C2) HDA temperature 122 100 28 (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	61.7% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 78.1 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 135GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150322112 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 921503343 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7887 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 176096347577 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 488112155 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 27 150322112 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -101558796636437 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1493103777 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3387099175	55.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 88.2 Mixed 101 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.38 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FE 2x8GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 32.9 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 31.3 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

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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	2,386x
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 $92Bench 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: $1,126

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 $179	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