Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.8% 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	167% 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	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

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '18 at 12:56
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 267 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 747 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.8% Below average	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 18.4 16% 20.3 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 25.7 68% 91.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 254 251 251 248 247 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,854 Write 1,201 Mixed 501 SusWrite 304 212% 965 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 42 180% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 645 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 317 268% 402 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 298 302 303 304 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 467 Mixed 416 SusWrite 319 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60.2 206% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 357 262% 341 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 65GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 274 276 276 276 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 346 Mixed 421 SusWrite 290 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54.6 192% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 205 184% 278 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 284GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 91 92 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 78 Write 73 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 90.5 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 65%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 99 105 103 106 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 85.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 104 58% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 28.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 110%

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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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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