Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.3% 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	122% 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	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '20 at 18:42
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 696 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 61 52% 64.4 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 62 Splatting 53.5 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 195GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 435 385 398 439 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 451 Mixed 415 SusWrite 399 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 66.8 226% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 358 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 128%
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-000H1 256GB 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV21H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 299 305 303 299 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 467 Mixed 376 SusWrite 302 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.8 216% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 115%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 302GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 110 110 110 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 89 SusWrite 108 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 330GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 85.2 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 90.9 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD G.SKILL F4-2133C15-4GNT BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns

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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	4,554x
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