Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	306% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 11:16
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 786 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 89% 108 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS200T3XHC-00SJG0 2TB 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 102430WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1650 1904 1331 1332 1325 1330 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 1,873 Write 2,066 Mixed 1,535 SusWrite 1,479 392% 1,738 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 65.9 250% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,606 DQ Write 1,320 DQ Mixed 1,427 1,078% 1,451 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 306%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 84GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 260 257 250 262 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 591 Write 299 Mixed 345 SusWrite 254 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 40.8 157% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 273 219% 308 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Lio-org zvol 5.5TB 4TB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 489 294 397 385 375 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 66 68 65 66 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 75.9 Write 51.4 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 64.6 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 67%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 278GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 113 112 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 115 Write 109 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 111 72% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 87%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 217 223 220 222 221 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.7 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 29.7 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 98%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,544x
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