Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.9% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 08:58
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 493 65% 485 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.7% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 66 75% 79.5 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 79.8 75% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LJT-128L6G-11 M.2 2260 128GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DJ7110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 275 312 314 300 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 316 Mixed 258 SusWrite 300 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 37.5 138% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 180 164% 248 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 93%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 296 385 378 378 379 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 355 Write 374 Mixed 341 SusWrite 357 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 60.5 196% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 249 186% 249 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 129%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 20.04F20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 117 117 117 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 104 Write 112 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 116 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 106 106 107 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 11.8 Mixed 41 SusWrite 102 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB 7,184 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 4.3 4.6 3.2 3.7 3.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 18.9 Write 11.5 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 3.7 14% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 74%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16