Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% 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	225% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '19 at 19:33
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 231 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 679 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.1 84% 105 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 99 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 855 817 811 829 835 837 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,929 Write 896 Mixed 711 SusWrite 831 241% 1,092 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 56.7 221% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,033 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 373 354% 575 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 76GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 145 147 149 145 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 477 Mixed 364 SusWrite 179 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 60.5 200% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 116 123 120 129 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 96.2 Write 116 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 122 66% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 107%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 830GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 96 83 87 90 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 85 Write 81.5 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 91.8 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 69 81 87 89 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 34 Write 68.5 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 81.9 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 554GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 100 109 94 107 109 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 84.8 Write 104 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 104 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 183% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 72%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$172 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 180 184 186 187 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x4GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 45.1 MC Mixed 36.5 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 46.6 SC Mixed 32.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 138%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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