Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 05:23
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 263 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 720 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB; founders CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 37.3 140% 84.8 fps	MRender 56.9 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 106 59% 67.5 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 164 48 64 77 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 486 Write 255 Mixed 268 SusWrite 95.8 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 35.3 110% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 212 184% 275 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 103%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 216 208 214 214 224 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 203 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 218 133% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.7 265% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 67GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 83 94 94 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 190 Write 163 Mixed 77 SusWrite 86.3 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 244% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 84GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 105 106 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 118 Write 99.7 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 106 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 235 226 240 232 229 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 234 Mixed 102 SusWrite 233 146% 200 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.7 280% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 29.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 28.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 113%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,544x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $275	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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