Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 11:15
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 806 88% 695 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 91.9 Parallax 174 89% 125 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 130 Splatting 129 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 860 EVO 500G 500GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 459 372 374 375 374 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 446 Mixed 395 SusWrite 407 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.7 172% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 132%
WD WD10EACS-00D6B0 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 107GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 81 83 84 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 69 Write 66.3 Mixed 46 SusWrite 82.5 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 49%
WD WD10EADS-00M2B0 1TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 24GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 102 101 102 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 73.8 Write 73.3 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 102 54% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 60%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U 150GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 15GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 102 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 97.8 Mixed 71 SusWrite 105 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 67%
USB Flash Memory 4GB 2GB free Firmware: PMAP SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 5.9 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.33% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 5.3 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 6.2 7% 9.65 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 79% 0.63 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 29.4 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 31.9 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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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	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16