Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	206% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 19:31
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 238 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 670 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 606 573 557 550 534 529 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2,000 Write 860 Mixed 661 SusWrite 558 224% 1,020 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 54.5 208% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,012 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 378 348% 555 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 243%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 347GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 463 475 482 482 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 488 Mixed 318 SusWrite 470 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 39.4 148% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 67.4 127% 251 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 330GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 372 383 385 386 388 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 362 Write 382 Mixed 278 SusWrite 377 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 34.9 125% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 66 98% 184 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 110%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2.5TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 123 124 124 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 107 Write 126 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 124 137% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 34.4 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 31 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%

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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	4,555x
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	991x
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	441x
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	346x
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