Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.8% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 19:35
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 727 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 115 99% 119 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 104 Splatting 85.6 87% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 139 119 121 104 113 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 444 Mixed 384 SusWrite 157 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 57.1 191% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 461GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 117 117 118 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 99 101 102 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 147 Write 132 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 103 128% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 39% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%
Generic 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 930GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 42 43 43 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 42.5 Write 42 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 42.5 54% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 73%
WDC WD50 00AAKS-00YGA0 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 64GB free, PID 00a2 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 40 40 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 36 Write 36.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 39.2 48% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 25.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 97%

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

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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	4,562x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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