Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	115% 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	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	28.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	25.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '22 at 07:09
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 704 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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: 471.11 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 150 Parallax 168 123% 156 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 132 Splatting 115 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 425 441 432 416 432 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 285 Mixed 314 SusWrite 409 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 47.3 176% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 272 226% 326 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$86 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 673GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2380 2206 1483 1526 1522 1515 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	363% Outstanding	Read 2,552 Write 2,437 Mixed 1,765 SusWrite 1,772 479% 2,131 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 93.3 309% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,453 DQ Write 1,104 DQ Mixed 1,262 948% 1,273 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 363% Great: 410%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 304GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 49 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 79.7 Mixed 42 SusWrite 49.3 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 46%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 406GB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 86 100 102 105 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 101 Mixed 68 SusWrite 99.4 124% 91 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.4% 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 32.4 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 33 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	850x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	475x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16