Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	119% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200925
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '23 at 21:35
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$161 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 609 70% 545 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 180 Parallax 172 134% 172 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 181 Splatting 121 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 447 213 450 137 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 782 Write 505 Mixed 593 SusWrite 318 123% 550 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 43.4 143% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 537 DQ Mixed 463 364% 501 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 279GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 321 394 380 427 436 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 435 Mixed 387 SusWrite 394 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 46.9 156% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 238GB free Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1050 782 1319 1243 1444 1454 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,644 Write 1301 Mixed 619 SusWrite 1,216 267% 1,195 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 54.6 181% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,150 DQ Write 841 DQ Mixed 960 727% 984 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 292%
ST10000NM0478-2H7100 10TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2TB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 111 110 111 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 110 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 1.2 32% 9.67 MB/s	DQ Read 2.9 DQ Write 12.7 DQ Mixed 2 3% 5.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 43%
Seagate ST8000VN0002-1Z8112 8TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 6.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 199 220 221 224 223 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 27% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 90GB free Firmware: KC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 112 112 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 75.8 Write 71.4 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 112 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 1x16GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 57%

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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 4,029 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 103%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,937x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	267x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	870x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	262x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $152Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	275x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	193x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	334x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	194x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	70x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16