Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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	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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 15:33
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 438 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 3642) 2GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 16 Parallax 16.8 16% 17.5 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 16.3 16% 19.3 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 442 480 487 487 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 455 Mixed 313 SusWrite 463 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 39.5 148% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 39.1 99% 204 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 610GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 115 114 116 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 90.6 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 114 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 313GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 129 135 137 142 142 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 128 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 137 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 362GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 187 157 189 183 160 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 19.5 Mixed 49.6 SusWrite 176 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL15-15-15 D4-3000 2x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 34.5 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16