Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.9% 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)
Boot Drive	119% 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	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 07:08
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 479 61% 462 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 70 Parallax 62.9 56% 67.4 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 55.4 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 229GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1650 1384 1397 1407 1407 1410 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 1,935 Write 2,259 Mixed 1,787 SusWrite 1,443 419% 1,856 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 73.4 257% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,722 DQ Write 1,266 DQ Mixed 1,464 1,102% 1,484 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 335%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 267 264 266 263 266 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 487 Mixed 373 SusWrite 289 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 61.3 208% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 21GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 71 69 69 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 161 Write 145 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 70.7 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 984GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 100 98 99 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 152 Write 156 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 100 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 654GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 115 116 115 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 151 Write 146 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 116 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 263% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 137GB free Firmware: SD1B SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 122 115 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 114 Write 68 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 119 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$299 798 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 28.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 127%

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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	4,555x
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