Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	389% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 13:36
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 157 2-Core 310 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 812 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% 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: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2062 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 71.9 68% 79 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 78.9 63% 76.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% 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% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2167 2130 2140 2171 2070 1774 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	389% Outstanding	Read 2,618 Write 2,144 Mixed 1,193 SusWrite 2,075 449% 2,007 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 85 305% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,470 DQ Write 1,420 DQ Mixed 1,485 1,104% 1,458 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 389% Great: 393%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 103GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1588 1633 1065 213 525 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2534 Write 1,568 Mixed 1,263 SusWrite 886 347% 1,563 MB/s	4K Read 68.2 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 98.5 332% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,344 DQ Write 1,110 DQ Mixed 1,113 865% 1,189 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 308%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 571GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 174 190 191 191 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 185 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 171 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3440 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 30 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 47.3 SC Mixed 34.4 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

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

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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	4,558x
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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Value: 70% - Good

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