Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 686 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus R9 390 177 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Asus(1043 04DD) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1001.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 40.7 Parallax 95.3 57% 68.6 fps	MRender 61.6 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 79.1 56% 66.9 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 110 161 183 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 442 Mixed 299 SusWrite 159 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 48.2 164% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 282 230% 326 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A302 320GB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 62GB free Firmware: PB3AC60Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 66 67 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 51.3 Write 51.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 66.4 35% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 45%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G1 320GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 104GB free Firmware: 00410009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 48 48 48 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 57.6 Write 55.3 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 48.6 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 35%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 63GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 65 70 70 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 71 Write 64.2 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 69.7 43% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 20GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 23 22 22 34 25 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 91.7 Write 27.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 25 55% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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