Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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.
Boot Drive	283% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '20 at 00:37
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 274 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 745 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 155 Parallax 153 134% 157 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 120% 153 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1594 1121 1038 1036 947 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 1,914 Write 2,497 Mixed 1,695 SusWrite 1,009 401% 1,779 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 70.8 252% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,614 DQ Write 1,429 DQ Mixed 1,550 1,155% 1,531 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 310%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 165 164 165 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 150 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 163 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 100%
WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017)-$60 3,058 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 136 137 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 142 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 136 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 110%
WD Purple Surveillance 3TB (2017)-$60 3,058 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 121 123 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 117 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 121 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 110%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 32.3 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% 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	4,554x
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