Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20% 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)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '19 at 15:46
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 652 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 25.7 23% 22.9 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 19.5 15% 17.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 PRO 128GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6569 Write 3,785 Mixed 4668 1,107% 5,007 MB/s	4K Read 330 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 211 865% 240 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 504 DQ Mixed 551 436% 612 MB/s
Poor: 104% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 53GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 445 446 446 446 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 442 Mixed 288 SusWrite 439 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 42.5 153% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 280 221% 307 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 46GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 72 72 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 76.3 Write 66 Mixed 40 SusWrite 72.1 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 495GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 103 105 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 70 SusWrite 104 71% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 1x8GB 1,156 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 44%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16