Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	117% 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 783 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.92% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8 7% 9.51 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.92% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 202 247 235 267 258 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 392 SusWrite 267 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 60.9 209% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 141 138 141 141 136 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 463 Write 425 Mixed 369 SusWrite 173 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 15 84% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 33.1 83% 169 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 86%
Eluktro Pro-X 500GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 134GB free Firmware: SVN105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1527 1517 1552 1340 293 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,443 Write 1,485 Mixed 1,123 SusWrite 1,087 341% 1,534 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 91.9 309% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 1,090 DQ Mixed 966 781% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 312%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 80GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 116 116 144 147 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 166 Write 129 Mixed 109 SusWrite 125 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,600x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	998x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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