Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	397% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '19 at 18:17
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 786 89% 699 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6265) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2062 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 78.9 65% 80.1 fps	MRender 76.1 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 78.4 63% 76.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 2083 2190 2202 2179 2052 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	397% Outstanding	Read 2,751 Write 2,025 Mixed 1,383 SusWrite 1,963 454% 2,030 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 92 328% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,474 DQ Write 1,494 DQ Mixed 1,558 1,150% 1,509 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 397% Great: 393%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 87GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,664 Write 1,583 Mixed 1,328 409% 1,858 MB/s	4K Read 73.9 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 104 357% 130 MB/s	DQ Read 1,340 DQ Write 1102 DQ Mixed 1107 860% 1,183 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 308%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 618GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 184 184 185 184 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 183 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 176 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3543 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 30.9 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 49.1 SC Mixed 35.3 105% 36.8 GB/s	Latency 43.9 91% 43.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%

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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 $279	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