Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.3% 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)
Boot Drive	114% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '22 at 19:41
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 712 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.3% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 69.4 58% 72.1 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 71 Splatting 67.4 56% 68.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 423 421 423 422 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 418 Mixed 323 SusWrite 412 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.8 183% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 198 174% 259 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 0GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 6.8 6.7 1.7 3.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	8.91% Terrible	Read 30.6 Write 6 Mixed 12 SusWrite 5.8 15% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1 73% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.91% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C18 Series 2x8GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 28.1 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.9 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 111%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,557x
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	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
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 $45Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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