Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	39% 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	166% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 06:27
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 728 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39% Below average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 48 Parallax 42.3 42% 47.3 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 38.7 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 190GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1347 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 288 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 44 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6078145956	95.9% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 349 Mixed 395 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 40.1 128% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 127 150% 261 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,327 Write 795 Mixed 1,105 239% 1,076 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 38.3 148% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 187 204% 349 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 243%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 60GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 30.1 Mixed 21.9 36% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.87 84% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 111%
WDC WD20 03FZEX-00Z4SA0 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 49GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 36.7 Write 36.1 Mixed 36.2 47% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.33 89% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 31 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 32.5 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 45.4 88% 45.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 128%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16