Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	209% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 16:42
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 504 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 39.9 38% 43.8 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 36.2 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 429 245 225 224 225 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 466 Mixed 322 SusWrite 278 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 51 190% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 254 212% 307 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 647 884 937 884 99 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,376 Write 942 Mixed 890 SusWrite 596 212% 951 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 81 294% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 222 277% 472 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 209%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 31GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 116 119 122 118 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 337 Write 140 Mixed 181 SusWrite 117 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 39.5 155% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 104 93% 142 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 81%
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 80GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 73 71 78 70 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 517 Write 458 Mixed 352 SusWrite 80.8 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.7 164% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 169 148% 227 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 731GB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 77 80 78 80 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 62.9 Write 75.7 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 79.8 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 31.1 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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	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