Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	231% 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	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '20 at 08:48
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 787 71% 601 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 312 311 310 308 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1969 Write 1,334 Mixed 733 SusWrite 362 243% 1,099 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 62.1 246% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,335 DQ Write 1,159 DQ Mixed 993 814% 1,162 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 166GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 398 396 392 393 393 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 376 Write 398 Mixed 339 SusWrite 393 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 59.8 197% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 249 188% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 129GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 113GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 20 20 17 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	8.91% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 10.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 19 16% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.91% Great: 30%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 161GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 42 42 42 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 42.5 Write 43 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 42.2 54% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 164% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 63%

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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 31.4 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 27 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	855x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	611x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,006x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	904x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	445x
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 $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	354x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $709

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363