Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	227% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 01:01
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 241 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 728 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 638 632 634 636 634 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,861 Write 1,629 Mixed 768 SusWrite 674 274% 1,233 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 56.5 213% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,104 DQ Write 976 DQ Mixed 829 679% 970 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 254%
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 43GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 62 68 54 74 69 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 496 Write 186 Mixed 224 SusWrite 65.9 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 37.2 136% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 184 150% 219 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 93%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 176GB free Firmware: P0614D SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 415 420 418 422 422 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 422 Mixed 309 SusWrite 418 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 43.1 150% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 195 168% 246 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 363 320 320 322 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 465 Mixed 367 SusWrite 347 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.3 197% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 348 265% 359 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 94GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 474 471 467 470 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 467 Mixed 337 SusWrite 472 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 43.5 161% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 332 258% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.1 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 118%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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