Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.6% 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)
Boot Drive	180% 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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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 20:57
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 396 51% 388 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.6% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 66.6 51% 66.4 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 69.3 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 377 390 358 358 351 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1645 Write 744 Mixed 560 SusWrite 382 183% 833 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 52.8 211% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 376 332% 519 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 230 262 244 272 222 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 351 Write 336 Mixed 291 SusWrite 242 69% 305 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 43.8 141% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 170 144% 211 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 126%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 129 135 129 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 136 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 134 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 738GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 89 93 91 95 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 130 Write 97.5 Mixed 72 SusWrite 93.9 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 29.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 27.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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