Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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	89.6% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 16:00
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 772 83% 658 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 112 92% 115 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 366 362 368 367 370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 378 Mixed 276 SusWrite 366 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.5 161% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 320 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 52GB free Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 374 381 356 382 382 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 381 Mixed 264 SusWrite 375 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 35.4 135% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 180 166% 255 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 95%
WD Se 1TB (2013)-$18 2,236 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 609GB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 138 144 146 149 144 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 137 Write 142 Mixed 110 SusWrite 144 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 228% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 305GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 80 80 81 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 92.5 Write 94.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 79.8 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 4,068 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 129GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 61.7 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 69.3 80% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 43%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 3,626 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 54 56 56 54 64 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 57.6 105% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 55%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 93 93 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 90.7 Write 90.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 92.1 110% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 29.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 104%

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

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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	4,557x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
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	442x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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