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 as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	218% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 12:48
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 139 2-Core 229 89% 154 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 700 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 608 307 307 304 305 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,220 Write 1,454 Mixed 1,280 SusWrite 355 294% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 68.9 240% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 459 DQ Write 1,022 DQ Mixed 554 475% 678 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 280%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 181GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 387 389 386 387 387 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 366 Write 389 Mixed 287 SusWrite 378 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 36.9 133% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 56.7 82% 149 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 111%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 622GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 134 133 134 132 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 133 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 84GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 26 26 32 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 18 Write 29.5 Mixed 18 SusWrite 27.7 17% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.3 147% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 446GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 39 45 41 41 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 95.8 Write 46.8 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 43 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 28.9 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 89%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16