Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 23:58
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 716 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 71.8 67% 78.8 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 75 62% 75.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 274 276 280 271 278 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 48% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$26 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 167GB free Firmware: A750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 113 122 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 94.1 Write 59.9 Mixed 29 SusWrite 119 55% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$56 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 86GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 119 122 124 118 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 153 Write 145 Mixed 104 SusWrite 121 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 108%
JMicron 750GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 640GB free, PID 2561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 67 66 61 69 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 131 Write 134 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 65.4 128% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 38%
JMicron 3TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free, PID 2561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 8.8 8.6 7.7 9.3 9.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 34.4 SusWrite 8.6 85% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 34% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 100 98 99 97 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 96.6 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 97.9 114% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 886GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 41 36 26 29 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 24.8 Write 32.2 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 33.6 39% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 29.4 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 106%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,632x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	856x
Core i7-7700KIntel $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,006x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	904x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	445x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $691

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406