Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	305% 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '19 at 13:31
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 620 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04DB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 73.5 Reflection 63.4 Parallax 98.1 60% 78.3 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 79.3 58% 69.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1408 1472 1499 1533 1538 1559 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 1,964 Write 1,448 Mixed 607 SusWrite 1,502 308% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 73.1 259% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,294 DQ Write 1192 DQ Mixed 1,053 842% 1,180 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 306%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 40GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 270 269 276 270 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 408 Mixed 293 SusWrite 284 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.4 163% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 206 186% 283 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 16GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 506 Write 490 Mixed 378 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 67.3 228% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 191GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 104 108 102 108 108 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 109 Write 69.7 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 106 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 416GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 67 67 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 52.5 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 66.4 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 686GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 120 120 119 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 112 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 119 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 24.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 79%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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