Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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	79.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.7% 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '19 at 14:33
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 809 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.5 79% 101 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 97.9 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 79 80 83 65 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 167 Mixed 153 SusWrite 81.6 29% 127 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 29.7 129% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 159 121% 163 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 67%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 174GB free Firmware: CXA7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1550 1573 1539 1444 1383 1297 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,750 Write 1456 Mixed 568 SusWrite 1,464 293% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 57.7 224% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 610 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 334 269% 390 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 306%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 85GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 314 313 314 312 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 492 Mixed 414 SusWrite 328 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65.2 221% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 438GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 70 72 70 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 82.3 Write 67.5 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 69.7 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 159 161 158 158 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 77.5 Write 96.5 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 153 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 90%
VendorCo ProductCode 16GB 7,454 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 8.8 7.2 7.2 7.1 6.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.04% Terrible	Read 33.5 Write 15.7 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 9.5 21% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.04% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3733 2x8GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 24.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 127%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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