Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150706
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '20 at 18:04
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^th 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 224 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 479 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Asus(1043 0496) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 30 Parallax 28.4 19% 27.4 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 32.1 23% 27 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z220 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 286 Write 339 Mixed 205 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 15.9 139% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 16.1 66% 144 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Toshib MK5061GSYN 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 81GB free Firmware: MH00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 69 70 70 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 56 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 69.2 38% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 694GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 135 134 137 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 135 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 2x8GB 1,299 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.3 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,604x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16