Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 04:55
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 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 (94^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 485 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC2); GV-N2060GAMINGOC PRO-6GD CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 110 Parallax 106 94% 110 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 83.6 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,602 Write 652 Mixed 589 207% 948 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 56.7 228% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,017 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 363 336% 541 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 175GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 341 387 390 390 392 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 345 Write 375 Mixed 298 SusWrite 374 79% 348 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 44.7 151% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 248 187% 252 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 104GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 141 145 135 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 341 Write 180 Mixed 215 SusWrite 140 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 37.2 155% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 195 155% 220 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 132GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 416 481 485 486 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 438 Mixed 387 SusWrite 461 99% 437 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.6 220% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 334GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 113 112 106 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 88 Write 86 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 111 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 65%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 930GB free Firmware: HPDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 114 Write 98.3 Mixed 64 SusWrite 113 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 366% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 65%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 64GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 52GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 84 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 90.3 Write 82.7 Mixed 74 SusWrite 84.2 112% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.5 226% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 88%

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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 $163	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) $31	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