Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	212% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	51 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	24.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '19 at 19:39
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 512 59% 458 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 94% 112 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 665 232 398 850 858 863 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,957 Write 1,194 Mixed 710 SusWrite 644 249% 1,126 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 56.3 215% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 937 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 447 386% 585 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 450GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 437 450 456 455 447 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 463 Mixed 375 SusWrite 445 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 58 195% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 305GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 437 449 456 455 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 433 Mixed 355 SusWrite 445 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 58.3 188% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 190 50 45 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 401 Mixed 385 SusWrite 131 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 48 163% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 252 219% 324 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 126%
WD My Book 25DA 6TB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5TB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 151 151 149 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 150 Write 141 Mixed 120 SusWrite 150 190% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 67%
WD Ext HDD 1021 3TB 2,189 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 3TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 34 34 34 33 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 36 Mixed 34 SusWrite 33.4 48% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 22%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 143 144 142 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 132 Write 144 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 143 169% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 132% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 68%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 138 135 136 136 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 134 Write 130 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 136 163% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 129% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB-$530 133 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 147%

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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	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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