Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 01:40
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 217 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 511 54% 429 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 131 Parallax 109 97% 120 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 118 Splatting 112 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 57 52 46 50 51 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.6% Average	Read 141 Write 59.3 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 52.8 18% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 19.4 84% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 67.1 75% 134 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 114%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB 658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 292GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 140 115 98 98 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 367 Write 348 Mixed 258 SusWrite 135 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 20.3 4K Mixed 19.6 65% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 137 94% 119 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 390GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 137 138 134 140 144 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 152 Write 145 Mixed 106 SusWrite 137 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 381GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 39 37 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 41 Write 40 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 37.8 51% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CM4X8GC3000C15K4 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CM4X8GC3000C15K4 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 107%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,561x
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	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
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 $269	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 $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