Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 21:09
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 743 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus Radeon RX Vega 369 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 109 Reflection 90.9 Parallax 172 89% 124 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 123 Splatting 130 95% 114 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 356 360 358 357 357 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 493 Mixed 444 SusWrite 371 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 67.1 226% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 66GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 79 Write 76.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 51.3 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 29GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 70 69 69 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 100 Write 102 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 69.3 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 57%
Intenso External USB 3.0 3TB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 419GB free Firmware: 2210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 190 189 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 136 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 189 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 93%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 22GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 116 115 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 84.2 Write 81.8 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 116 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 68%
USB Flash Memory 4GB 1,419 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 1.7 1.2 1 0.8 0.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3.91% Terrible	Read 19.7 Write 3.8 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 1.6 8% 7.6 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.91% Great: 7%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 28.5 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 32.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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