Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	76% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 08:35
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 771 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FEB) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3615 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 169 Parallax 172 145% 173 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 143 Splatting 117 120% 151 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 237 198 112 93 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 428 Write 388 Mixed 223 SusWrite 152 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 25.1 119% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 117 142% 250 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 107%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 262GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 111 112 112 112 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 112 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 80%
WD LM024 H External 1TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 873GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 40.8 Mixed 36 SusWrite 41.3 54% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 22%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 9.7 9.1 9.6 9.2 7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.6% Terrible	Read 18 Write 7.5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 8.7 12% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 71% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C14-8GVK F4-3200C14-8GVR F4-3200C14-8GVK F4-3200C14-8GVR 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 140%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $274	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 $183	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