Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	263% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '19 at 20:39
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 797 84% 673 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 53 35% 42 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 37.3 30% 35.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 608 323 318 325 329 330 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,452 Write 1,474 Mixed 1,235 SusWrite 372 306% 1,383 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 86.3 298% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 982 DQ Write 1,260 DQ Mixed 1015 796% 1,086 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 280%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 392GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 366 245 226 216 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 469 Mixed 317 SusWrite 285 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 51.3 193% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 199 188% 294 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 196GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 298 300 300 300 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 478 Mixed 404 SusWrite 319 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 68.7 234% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
OCZ Vector 150 240GB-$246 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 219GB free Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 484 484 484 484 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 459 Mixed 403 SusWrite 484 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 40.2 165% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 313 245% 337 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 335GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 106 105 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 149 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 105 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 75%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 144 144 145 144 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 112 SusWrite 143 185% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 130% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 32.2 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 32.1 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% 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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $130Bench 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