Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	125% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '20 at 17:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 788 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 63.5 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 60.8 52% 64.2 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 60 Splatting 55.8 49% 60.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
NE-128 128GB 3,172 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0222B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 213 86 63 94 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,618 Write 92 Mixed 158 SusWrite 102 104% 493 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 26.5 4K Mixed 39.7 140% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 418 DQ Write 52.8 DQ Mixed 42.6 80% 171 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 173%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 211GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 421 446 450 450 449 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 452 Mixed 430 SusWrite 421 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 33.8 164% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 51.2 108% 219 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 398GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 126 125 125 126 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 124 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 70%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 269GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 94 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 46.3 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 92.2 89% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M1A2400C14 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 3000, 3000 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 25.8 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 91%

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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	4,618x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	609x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,002x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	902x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	352x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

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