Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.8% 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	84.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 800 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 07:49
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 246 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 455 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3757) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 21 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 17.2 17% 18.6 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 19.7 19% 23.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba- TR200 240GB 359 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 139 37 57 54 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 438 Write 202 Mixed 330 SusWrite 92.3 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 38.9 158% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 195 175% 265 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 85%
Kingston DT microDuo 8GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 5.1 5.1 5.4 4.8 5.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	6.44% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 6.3 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 4.9 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.44% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.1 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 47%

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

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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	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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