Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.9% 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	128% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 03:37
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 591 75% 569 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 106 82% 106 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 91 Splatting 82.5 70% 85.9 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 274 277 277 278 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 471 Mixed 362 SusWrite 290 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 70.5 245% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 66.2 126% 253 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 151GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 174 172 172 173 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 327 Write 210 Mixed 244 SusWrite 168 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 47.5 199% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 41.6 87% 181 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 88%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 694GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 105 103 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 84.4 Mixed 62 SusWrite 105 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 85%
WD WD2002FAEX-007BA 2TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 112 112 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 102 SusWrite 111 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 29.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 113%

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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 $242Bench 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 $134	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