Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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	37.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '21 at 01:00
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 695 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 151 Parallax 152 126% 152 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 134 Splatting 118 117% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 451GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 292 286 290 298 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 316 Write 246 Mixed 236 SusWrite 289 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 29.9 108% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 230 185% 262 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 673GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2413 2170 1485 1546 1545 1546 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	367% Outstanding	Read 2,592 Write 2,385 Mixed 1,864 SusWrite 1,784 484% 2,156 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 92.8 309% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,513 DQ Write 1,116 DQ Mixed 1,279 965% 1,303 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 367% Great: 410%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 333GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 75 Write 75.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 58.5 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 46%
Seagate BUP Ultra Touch 2TB 1,839 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 923GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 101 99 98 98 98 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 81.3 Write 100 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 97.3 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 205% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 70%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 131 127 120 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 122 Write 112 Mixed 100 SusWrite 124 156% 115 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.3 219% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 CMD32GX4M2B3000C15 CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 CMD32GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 32.7 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 32.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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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	4,554x
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