Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.9% 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	106% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 02:11
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel 0000 965 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 658 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.9 92% 107 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 100 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 141 143 144 143 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 474 Mixed 307 SusWrite 168 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 53.1 197% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 169 175% 286 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 57 49 46 52 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 472 Mixed 388 SusWrite 92.6 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 54.9 201% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 172 177% 289 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 275GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 108 110 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 109 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 529GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 124 124 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 98.5 Write 96 Mixed 95 SusWrite 124 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3140 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 28.4 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.9 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 111%

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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	4,558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	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