Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '20 at 11:58
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 262 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 791 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 112 86% 110 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 99 Splatting 82 74% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 141 129 137 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 469 Mixed 393 SusWrite 167 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 62.1 218% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 347 261% 350 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 94GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 93 89 103 103 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 251 Write 120 Mixed 176 SusWrite 93.9 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 31 140% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 86.2 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 92.5 72% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 73%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 226GB free Firmware: UG2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 195 138 169 167 170 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 336 Write 326 Mixed 267 SusWrite 180 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 8.2 68% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 32.2 43% 79 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 61%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 773GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 111 134 134 132 134 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 167 Write 159 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 129 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.4 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 95%

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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	4,580x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	473x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16