Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 04:18
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 284 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 587 75% 570 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.1% Average	Lighting 59.6 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 59.2 49% 62.2 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 53.4 47% 58.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,558 Write 11,227 Mixed 9,354 2,182% 9713 MB/s	4K Read 619 4K Write 536 4K Mixed 553 1,930% 569 MB/s	DQ Read 2,339 DQ Write 2,203 DQ Mixed 2,290 1,713% 2277 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 174 156 157 154 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 80.5 Write 44.3 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 162 57% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 399% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 232GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 84 83 84 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 86.3 Write 64.3 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 83.6 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 54%
Maxtor 6V300F0 300GB 1,297 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 279GB free Firmware: VA111630 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 63 65 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 65.5 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 63.7 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.3 127% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

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 @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 33.8 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 32.8 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 54.5 74% 54.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% 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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

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