Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.4% 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	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 06:45
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 786 85% 676 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 141 Parallax 122 113% 134 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 114 Splatting 100 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 221 170 212 208 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 484 Write 460 Mixed 390 SusWrite 231 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 43.5 141% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 109 81% 108 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 117GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 371 300 154 154 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 446 Write 408 Mixed 327 SusWrite 250 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 31.7 108% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 98.3 DQ Mixed 108 80% 104 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 493GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 182 181 183 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 149 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 181 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 553GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 153 154 157 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 151 Mixed 104 SusWrite 155 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%
Generic- SD Card 64GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 52GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 24 25 26 27 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 42 Write 25.3 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 24.9 36% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 4.2 254% 4.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 44%

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 @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 27.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 28.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.1% 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	4,559x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
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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Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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