Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.63% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	272% 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	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	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '19 at 16:28
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 717 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4380 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.63% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.09 7% 9.32 fps	MRender 9.57 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.63% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1404 1389 1184 1170 1099 1073 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,051 Write 1,417 Mixed 767 SusWrite 1,220 304% 1,364 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 66.9 254% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,274 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 457 438% 713 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 283%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 65GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 90 57 89 86 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 53 Write 37.7 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 71.8 32% 44 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 236%
HPT DISK 0_2 430GB 400GB free Firmware: 4.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.2% Below average	Read 80 Write 27.5 Mixed 34 SusWrite 28.9 31% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 86% 0.5 MB/s

HPT DISK 0_1 2TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 329GB free Firmware: 4.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 45 42 52 51 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 27.5 Write 30.5 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 45.6 21% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 103%
HPT DISK 0_0 640GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 596GB free Firmware: 4.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 165 Mixed 40.2 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 105%

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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	4,561x
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	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $40	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