Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	366% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '22 at 16:52
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 280 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 821 81% 663 Pts	64-Core 823 51% 823 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1302) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 179 Parallax 183 149% 181 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 158 Splatting 131 128% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 699GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1341 1420 1522 1544 1549 1547 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	366% Outstanding	Read 2,347 Write 2,266 Mixed 1,689 SusWrite 1,487 437% 1,947 MB/s	4K Read 73.1 4K Write 225 4K Mixed 107 367% 135 MB/s	DQ Read 1637 DQ Write 1,398 DQ Mixed 1,508 1,133% 1,515 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 366% Great: 410%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 124 109 110 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 385 Write 156 Mixed 189 SusWrite 116 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 41.3 166% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 148 119% 167 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 296GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 436 447 449 430 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 177 Mixed 276 SusWrite 450 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.9 216% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 257 209% 300 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 377GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 436 444 449 428 470 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 179 Mixed 240 SusWrite 450 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 42.4 165% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 162 131% 191 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 126%
WDC WD15 EADS-00P8B0 1.5TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 430GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 41 41 42 41 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 39.3 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 40.7 51% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 24%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 16GB-$22 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 22 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 85.4 Write 23.2 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 21.8 38% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 27%
Kingston DT HyperX 3.0 126GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 36GB free, PID 162b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 26 26 26 20 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 159 Write 54.7 Mixed 65 SusWrite 27.7 86% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.6 158% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3232 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 34.2 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 34.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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