Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 16:37
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 229 89% 154 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 529 70% 523 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.8 85% 107 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,350 Write 856 Mixed 1,254 325% 1,487 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 85.8 295% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,300 DQ Mixed 1005 796% 1,094 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung MZYTY128HDHP-000L2 128GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 28GB free Firmware: MAT61L1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 116 101 84 74 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 484 Mixed 352 SusWrite 104 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 61.3 222% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 312 237% 316 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 105%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 75GB free Firmware: 06.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 83 86 84 83 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 113 Write 111 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 82 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 73%
Seagate ST1000LM014-SSHD-8GB 1TB 16,795 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 361GB free Firmware: LVD4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 83 82 83 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 92.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 82.9 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.8 345% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.1 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 30.1 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 104%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
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	889x
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	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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