Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '20 at 07:23
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 590 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 103 110 100 101 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 458 Write 108 Mixed 151 SusWrite 102 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 16.4 106% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 41.5 50% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 65%
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 39GB free Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 145 146 147 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 470 Write 146 Mixed 202 SusWrite 144 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40 154% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 134 119% 182 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6GB free Firmware: N0530C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 358 Write 139 Mixed 185 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 36.5 135% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 90.5 93% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 923GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 124 121 76 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 114 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 113 113 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 77 SusWrite 112 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 65%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 104%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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