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 way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '19 at 21:44
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	83%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 792 77% 634 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,130 Write 1,379 Mixed 862 320% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 59.4 249% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1123 DQ Write 587 DQ Mixed 784 602% 831 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 477 486 493 425 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 450 Mixed 440 SusWrite 436 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.8 211% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 315 238% 319 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 56GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,288 Write 8,946 Mixed 9,046 2,032% 9,093 MB/s	4K Read 531 4K Write 340 4K Mixed 385 1,478% 419 MB/s	DQ Read 1,387 DQ Write 1,139 DQ Mixed 1157 895% 1,228 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 226GB free Firmware: DC86201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 411 418 422 418 394 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 394 Mixed 268 SusWrite 409 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 37.7 144% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 197 173% 261 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 27 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 30.5 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 105%

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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