Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91% 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	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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 17:28
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 766 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	137% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 218 Parallax 219 145% 205 fps	MRender 242 Gravity 199 Splatting 130 149% 190 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 210 194 184 165 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 346 Write 372 Mixed 319 SusWrite 205 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 47.8 174% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 233 177% 240 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 90GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 180 181 177 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 92.8 Write 90.3 Mixed 67 SusWrite 180 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 20GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 118 118 126 116 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 125 Write 127 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 119 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25 14,710 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 11GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 77 76 78 81 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 72.7 Write 70 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 76.8 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 110%

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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	4,582x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

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	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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