Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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	109% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 13:15
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 738 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 872F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 118 Parallax 135 113% 131 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 121 Splatting 108 108% 137 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 351 Write 355 Mixed 252 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 49.2 164% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 243 178% 231 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 14GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 90 89 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 123 Write 117 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 90.2 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 209GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 105 106 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 80.1 Write 80.3 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 105 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDT721016SLA380 160GB-$38 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 32GB free Firmware: ST1OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 76 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 75.9 Write 73.6 Mixed 40.9 SusWrite 75.5 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 60%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 16.6 SusWrite 11.9 20% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 83% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 17%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 4.9 4.5 5 4.4 4.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 4.9 12% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 96% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 17%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 32GB 4,096 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 29GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 4.5 4 2.4 4.3 4.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 4.5 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 3.8 9% 8.93 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 18%

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 (42^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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	4,544x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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