Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 20:21
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 654 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 66.8 60% 72.2 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 69.9 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,058 Write 7,726 Mixed 8106 1,850% 8,296 MB/s	4K Read 605 4K Write 239 4K Mixed 336 1,474% 394 MB/s	DQ Read 1,296 DQ Write 702 DQ Mixed 941 715% 980 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$85 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 128 127 128 127 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 126 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 558GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 113 114 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 113 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 74%
Seagate M3 Portable 1TB 5,295 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 855GB free Firmware: 1306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 51 52 51 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 102 Write 61.8 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 50.4 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 65%
WDC WD64 00AAKS-07A7B0 640GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 504GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 34 40 41 41 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 25.8 Mixed 29.6 SusWrite 37.5 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 115% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 21%
WDC WD10 EZEX-22BN5A0 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 413GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 36 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 37.3 45% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 113% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 31 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 105%

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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	4,580x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	473x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16