Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '19 at 22:29
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 562 75% 563 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 68.3 65% 75.4 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 74.8 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 858 662 297 295 297 298 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,359 Write 1,404 Mixed 1,049 SusWrite 451 290% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 83.9 302% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 65.1 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 91.3 85% 126 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,016 Write 7,936 Mixed 8,306 1,878% 8,419 MB/s	4K Read 698 4K Write 421 4K Mixed 307 1,674% 475 MB/s	DQ Read 1343 DQ Write 1,762 DQ Mixed 1339 1,070% 1,481 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 975GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 149 150 148 149 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 143 Write 123 Mixed 80 SusWrite 147 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 498GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 57 56 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 55.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 56.2 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 67%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 231GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 79 79 81 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 77.8 Write 81 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 79.3 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 366GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 130 131 125 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 71 SusWrite 128 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 30.6 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 27.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 97%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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