Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	424% 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	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '21 at 01:26
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 691 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8728) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 159 Parallax 160 129% 159 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 141 Splatting 124 116% 145 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 905P Optane NVMe PCIe 960GB-$1,222 566 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010435 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1550 1728 1791 1843 1819 1833 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	424% Outstanding	Read 2,178 Write 1924 Mixed 2,029 SusWrite 1,761 444% 1,973 MB/s	4K Read 194 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 174 607% 180 MB/s	DQ Read 1,021 DQ Write 877 DQ Mixed 489 492% 796 MB/s
Poor: 273% ↑ This bench: 424% Great: 551%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$180 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 450 461 471 469 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 451 Mixed 424 SusWrite 458 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 63.6 214% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 144 149% 238 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 136%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 57GB free Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 907 921 923 922 821 785 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1001 Write 899 Mixed 648 SusWrite 880 192% 857 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 50.9 224% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 663 DQ Mixed 474 353% 452 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 230%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 361GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 412 414 413 421 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 453 Mixed 423 SusWrite 416 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62.5 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 298 230% 311 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB-$279 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2TB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 411 413 411 420 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 452 Mixed 407 SusWrite 415 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 56 191% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 207 169% 233 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 128%
SanDisk SDDR-B531 8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free, PID cfcb Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	7.95% Terrible	Read 8 Write 8.2 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 19.1 15% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 52% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.95% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 26.9 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 94%

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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 $177	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