Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.1% 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	330% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 18:42
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 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 (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 99 1-Core 145 2-Core 265 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 817 79% 649 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W7100 840 User benchmarks, average bench 30% AMD(1002 030C) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 53.9 34% 47.5 fps	MRender 45.4 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 36.8 32% 40 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 776GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,393 Write 2,016 Mixed 1,854 464% 2,088 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 79.3 296% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 211 223% 368 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 363%
Crucial_ CT1050MX30 1TB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 348GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 629 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 389 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 55 193274707999 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14041930454 (F7) Unknown 100 100 439908806 (F8) Unknown 100 100 118983244 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4439 (D2) Unknown 100 100 40	88.7% Excellent	Read 489 Write 346 Mixed 341 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 28.2 121% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 53.8 95% 190 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 4000 C19 2x8GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 48.1 MC Mixed 32.9 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 49.7 SC Mixed 32 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 41 98% 41 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

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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	4,544x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $279	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 $184	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