Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% 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 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '19 at 14:28
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 734 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 100 66% 86.7 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 81.2 Splatting 64.8 60% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 62%
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 51.2 Parallax 54.5 38% 50.7 fps	MRender 50.7 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 36.3 34% 43.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 283 277 288 280 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 437 Mixed 344 SusWrite 299 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65.6 216% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 66.9 58% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 194 195 193 194 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 168 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 194 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 838GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 101 100 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 109 Write 99.3 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 99.9 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 164 164 166 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 159 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 164 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.8 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 93%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,543x
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 $134	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) $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