Rooting Android phones that are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon are usually stressful and hard.

Most of them come with a locked bootloader and tampering bootloader will wipe everything on the phone.

It is better to always backup your phone to an SD Card or PC before performing a kind of rooting on your phone.

For you to be able to root your phone, there are some certain files that you need to have.

Android ADB Driver for Windows
TWRP for your phone.
Latest USB Drivers for your phone.
A Boot.img for Moto X.
ADB Fastboot Files

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