ASUS Maximus X Hero Review
Published by Marc Büchel on 17.11.17Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| A closer look at the motherboard lineup from ASUS reveals that the Maximus X Hero is a high-end model, regarding their gaming branded Z370 based products. Therefore it comes with a bunch of really neat features, like for example ASUS's SupremeFX audio solution, Aura RGB Lightning and two M.2 slots as well as a great looking design. Nevertheless at a price of 251 Euro, this board is definitely no bargain. Sure the Maximus X Hero is a good motherboard but in this price range even more could be expected, especially since other vendors sell equally equipped boards at a lower price. | -
Design - Layout - Features - 2 x M.2 x4 Slot |
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| Layout | + | - | |
| The layout of the ASUS Maximus X Hero has been well thought - as expected. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons and the debug LED. Apart from that we like the placement of the PCI-Express x16 slots. There is a total of three full sized PCI Express slots and four PCIe x1 slots. Two of the three full-size PCIe slots receive metal reinforcements and these slots are two slots apart. This means that there is plenty of space for graphics card in multi GPU setups to breathe. When it comes to the M.2 slots we like the appropriately sized M.2 heatsink. | - Space around the CPU
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| Performance | + | - | |
| At the moment our test setup includes only two motherboards but during next weeks we will add more models. Calculating the average of all benchmarks results we ran, we see that this board scores 1st. If we check a bit closer, we see that the ASUS Maximus X Hero is about 1% faster than the MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon in SuperPi 1M benchmark. Furthermore, speaking about 3D performance, we see a good result for the ASUS motherboard in 3DMark Time Spy benchmark. On another note, we had at energy efficiency where this board scores 2nd. | - SuperPi 1M |
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| Overclocking / BIOS | + | - | |
| The UEFI BIOS gets a black background and there are a few additional red and white design elements. Meanwhile it's almost normal that a BIOS is complete, offering countless features. If you're looking for overclocking options you'll find a great many of them and they are equally practical for novices and extreme overclockers. We always love the pre-defined profiles, which make overclocking quite a bit more efficient. Boosting our CPU to 5 GHz was absolutely no problem at all. | - Sheer amount of
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| The Maximus X Hero is a well equipped Z370 motherboard. This board is also quick according to our 2D and 3D benchmarks we're running. On top of that it comes with a vast feature set yet the price of 270 Euro excluding shipping costs is pretty steep. | - Price | ||
| System von MIFCOM | |||
| Should you be looking for an individually configurable system, which can be equipped with this motherboard, then we recommend you the Gaming Mini-PC Core i7-7700K from MIFCOM. | |||
| Rating | |||
| We give the ASUS Maximus X Hero excellent 4 out of 5 stars. | |||
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