Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '21 at 05:43
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 670 64% 528 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 143 Parallax 132 107% 136 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 135 Splatting 118 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 811GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 429 438 425 447 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 421 Mixed 402 SusWrite 429 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 47.6 162% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 326 245% 329 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$139 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 767GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 445 452 446 471 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 443 Mixed 398 SusWrite 450 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60.4 207% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 336 253% 338 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 890GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 193 196 197 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 117 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 195 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 20 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 33.9 Write 34.8 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 20.6 23% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 345% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 22 22 21 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 36.3 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 21.5 23% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.5 227% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 8,888 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2230 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 103%

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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	4,542x
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 $131	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) $34	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