Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 04:28
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 201 68% 120 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 495 56% 441 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 115 Parallax 121 100% 120 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 102 Splatting 86.4 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,965 Write 851 Mixed 624 250% 1,147 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 58 245% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,049 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 367 341% 551 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 93GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 384 384 388 388 389 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 353 Write 376 Mixed 304 SusWrite 386 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 45.2 152% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 247 187% 251 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 124%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 86GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 141 139 139 136 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 355 Write 177 Mixed 218 SusWrite 138 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 39.4 162% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 195 156% 222 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 103GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 477 477 483 483 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 454 Mixed 379 SusWrite 479 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 66.2 226% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 391GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 89 89 87 88 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	47% Average	Read 75.7 Write 70.2 Mixed 60 SusWrite 87.6 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 65%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 858GB free Firmware: HPDA SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 111 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 112 Write 116 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 111 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 366% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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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 $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 $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