Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	64.1% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 01:33
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 661 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.3 89% 106 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 92.2 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 124 147 123 158 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 331 Write 233 Mixed 281 SusWrite 150 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 28.6 98% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 57.6 94% 188 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 111%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 53GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 373 145 174 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 431 Mixed 370 SusWrite 250 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 37.2 140% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 201 186% 285 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 121 122 122 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 126 Mixed 115 SusWrite 121 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%
WD WD10EVDS-63N5B1 1TB 3,131 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 779GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 89 Write 76.7 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 83.1 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 57%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 124GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 59 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 23GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 39 42 41 39 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 139 Write 55 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 41.2 71% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.6 150% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 135%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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