Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	5120 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 11:58
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$120 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 580 78% 580 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 82 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 71.6 67% 80.5 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 195 199 198 199 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 398 Write 184 Mixed 235 SusWrite 190 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 24.5 95% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 83.9 DQ Write 62.3 DQ Mixed 60.9 49% 69 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 508 Write 493 Mixed 376 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 66.1 227% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$95 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 133GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1172 433 305 305 305 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,516 Write 1,467 Mixed 1,065 SusWrite 471 304% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 65.4 4K Write 207 4K Mixed 91.4 326% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 1,090 DQ Mixed 998 761% 1,020 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 280%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 320GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 176GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 68 68 68 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 101 Write 97.5 Mixed 64 SusWrite 66.5 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 50%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 150GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 53GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 68 68 68 66 67 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.7% Average	Read 78.2 Write 90 Mixed 47 SusWrite 66.6 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 46%
Jmicron Generic DISK02 300GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 279GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 142 146 147 146 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.4% Excellent	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 145 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 83%
WDC WD10 03FZEX-00MK2A0 1TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 188GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 35 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 38.7 Mixed 29 SusWrite 34.8 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 130% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 62%
Generic Mass-Storage 8GB 1,181 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.5% Terrible	Read 11.5 Write 7.5 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 4.4 9% 7.53 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.5 166% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 9.5% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 34.3 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 31.7 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,641x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	858x
Core i7-7700KIntel $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,007x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	906x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	479x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406