Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.1% 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	85.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '19 at 06:53
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 288 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 809 86% 688 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 128 Parallax 122 109% 128 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 106 Splatting 87.1 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 303 302 301 302 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 470 Write 445 Mixed 382 SusWrite 315 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 42 138% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 98.9 74% 97.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 100GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 422 301 156 155 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70% Very good	Read 442 Write 233 Mixed 367 SusWrite 268 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 31 101% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 88.2 68% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 779GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 205 206 207 207 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 174 Mixed 89 SusWrite 205 122% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$33 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 156 157 154 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 95 Write 85.8 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 156 71% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 108%
Generic- SD Card 128GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 83GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 36 36 36 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 35.3 Mixed 36 SusWrite 36 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 4.2 274% 4.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 2x8GB 4,728 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 87%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,584x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16