Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	221% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '19 at 21:23
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 230 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 436 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Gigabyte(1458 3FCB) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.86 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Lighting 59 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 48.2 48% 53.9 fps	MRender 45.3 Gravity 50.8 Splatting 49.7 40% 48.6 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1032 558 408 409 410 409 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,441 Write 2,241 Mixed 1,490 SusWrite 538 374% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 84.4 272% 94.6 MB/s	DQ Read 66.1 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 90.5 77% 108 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 302%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 405GB free Firmware: SAFM001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 484 485 489 485 451 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 470 Mixed 323 SusWrite 475 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 35.4 138% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 97.1 DQ Mixed 38.5 37% 55.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 110%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 502GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 161 161 162 163 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 147 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 161 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 240GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 142 143 143 144 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 61.4 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 138 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 896GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 115 118 118 120 119 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 113 Write 117 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 117 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL15-15-15 D4-3000 2x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 34.7 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 29.9 90% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16