Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	166% 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	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '23 at 00:23
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (52^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 592 63% 502 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Asus(1043 880E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 247 Reflection 217 Parallax 215 202% 226 fps	MRender 258 Gravity 162 Splatting 131 144% 184 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 188 199 183 171 171 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 347 Write 228 Mixed 202 SusWrite 190 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 23.3 87% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 76.6 DQ Mixed 110 90% 132 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 86%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 12GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 90 78 78 84 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 853 Write 147 Mixed 289 SusWrite 86.5 74% 344 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 39.4 154% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 852 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 218 226% 392 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 243%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 19GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 204 228 191 121 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 197 Write 206 Mixed 113 SusWrite 180 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 1.4 11% 4.27 MB/s	DQ Read 3.1 DQ Write 7.3 DQ Mixed 5.7 4% 5.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 114GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 104 103 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 98 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 103 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 54GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 58 58 56 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 55.6 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 56.7 44% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 67%
Intenso SCSI 5TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2GB free Firmware: 0209 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 86.3 Write 78.2 Mixed 60.5 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.8 200% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 69%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 68 69 70 80 77 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 115 Write 102 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 72.7 113% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 155% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 30.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,570x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16