Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	166% 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	339% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 13:34
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 770 74% 608 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3801 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 243 Parallax 233 190% 236 fps	MRender 276 Gravity 224 Splatting 148 169% 216 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 829GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2140 2249 1160 1161 1143 1150 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2,532 Write 2,405 Mixed 1624 SusWrite 1,500 452% 2,015 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 91.1 306% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,189 DQ Write 1,091 DQ Mixed 1,136 854% 1,139 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 372%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 265 261 280 261 263 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 446 Write 266 Mixed 252 SusWrite 266 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 16.1 115% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 23 70% 149 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 74%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 17GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 106 84 127 78 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 479 Write 192 Mixed 235 SusWrite 104 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 19.8 125% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 58.7 63% 104 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 72%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 893GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 109 SusWrite 120 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 34.6 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 31.1 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%

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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	4,553x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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