Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	260% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '20 at 09:44
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 729 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 151 Parallax 128 111% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 130 Splatting 112 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1338 308 306 308 309 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,378 Write 1467 Mixed 1,196 SusWrite 480 305% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 82.5 284% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 1,202 DQ Mixed 994 775% 1,054 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 478 483 478 437 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 458 Mixed 439 SusWrite 435 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65.4 224% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 137GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 297 298 298 297 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 459 Mixed 394 SusWrite 314 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 67.3 231% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 611GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 452 318 281 281 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 452 Mixed 378 SusWrite 344 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 44 161% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 347 258% 342 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 119GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 72 73 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 78.2 Write 77.7 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 72 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 76%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 253GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 56 60 59 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 57.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 57.9 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 95%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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