Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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.
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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 07:06
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 759 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3277) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 155 Parallax 155 135% 158 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 115% 146 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2408 Write 2,134 Mixed 1,476 445% 2,006 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 89.9 312% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 993 DQ Write 1,300 DQ Mixed 1,140 863% 1,145 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 14GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 507 Write 472 Mixed 433 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65.4 222% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 437GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 472 470 470 472 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 457 Mixed 389 SusWrite 472 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.1 209% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 554GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 130 130 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 158 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 129 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 109%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 271GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 89.7 Write 87 Mixed 56 SusWrite 58.8 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.9% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 99%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,542x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $499Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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