Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.4% 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	113% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '19 at 17:26
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 268 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 745 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2951) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 35 Parallax 32 32% 35.2 fps	MRender 36.5 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 33.7 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 860 EVO 1TB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 721GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 446 456 465 463 465 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 464 Mixed 335 SusWrite 446 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 44 162% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 285 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 140%
Nvme SK hynix BC501 H 256GB 324 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 188GB free Firmware: 8000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 362 362 365 366 363 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,025 Write 605 Mixed 668 SusWrite 374 149% 668 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 53.3 177% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 752 DQ Mixed 491 406% 572 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 160%
WD WD4003FZEX-00Z4S 4TB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 163 164 163 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 152 Mixed 102 SusWrite 162 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 103%
WD WD4004FZWX-00GBG 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 160 166 169 157 169 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 175 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 165 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.8 250% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%
WD WD4003FZEX-00Z4S 4TB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 143 142 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 170 Write 150 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 142 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 103%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 250GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 232GB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 291 290 289 275 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 316 Mixed 255 SusWrite 287 381% 269 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 38 3,184% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 67.7 DQ Mixed 42.9 3,885% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 262%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 108%

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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 $273	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 $178	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