Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.6% 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	218% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '16 at 14:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 741 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Lighting 51 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 42.5 42% 47.2 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38.8 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000 994 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 1TB free Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 788 Write 777 Mixed 852 180% 806 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 28.6 133% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 223 297% 537 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 250%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,688 Write 1,211 Mixed 1,220 304% 1,373 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 30.4 166% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 860 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 220 269% 486 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 283%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 161 Write 147 Mixed 149 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 139 Write 129 Mixed 12.6 107% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 4x8GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 96%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16