Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.6% 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	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '21 at 07:04
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 823 85% 683 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2063) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 110 Parallax 115 98% 115 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 103 Splatting 92.7 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L7 EVO SSD 120GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 77 82 78 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 477 Write 342 Mixed 320 SusWrite 101 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 15.3 114% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 21.3 51% 105 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 64%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 152GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 283 285 284 285 286 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 336 Write 296 Mixed 260 SusWrite 283 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 37.5 133% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 165 137% 198 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 96%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 259GB free Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1349 1377 1404 1388 1054 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2773 Write 1,318 Mixed 1,380 SusWrite 1,130 366% 1,650 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 80.8 274% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 1,274 DQ Write 883 DQ Mixed 1,398 957% 1185 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 309%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$62 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 114 116 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 116 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3600 C18 Series 2x16GB 2,007 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 31.7 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 47.3 SC Mixed 31.7 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 125%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,567x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16