Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.6% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 11:25
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 260 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 794 82% 662 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.6% Average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 62.9 50% 63.1 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 51.5 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,689 Write 1,078 Mixed 743 257% 1,170 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 57.3 234% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 545 454% 682 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 243%
SanDisk X210 128GB-$149 146 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2GB free Firmware: X210400 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 215 Mixed 115 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 18.1 101% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 31.5 DQ Mixed 64.8 55% 84 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
SanDisk X210 128GB-$149 146 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 37GB free Firmware: X210400 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 483 Write 276 Mixed 187 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.4 156% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 128 132% 219 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
Corsair CMFSSD-64NI 65GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free Firmware: 081028 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 91 94 92 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 164 Write 93.7 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 92.5 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 3.5 31% 7.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 14GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 102 Write 92.5 Mixed 71.1 66% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 49GB free Firmware: SD1A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,097 Write 62.9 Mixed 92.9 1,730% 2,418 MB/s	4K Read 744 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 3.3 31,390% 250 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 112GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 111 109 112 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 179 Write 155 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 109 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 107%

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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	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16