Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	365% 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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '20 at 17:47
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 501 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C75C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 129 Parallax 130 108% 131 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 615GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1526 2019 1660 1429 1427 1426 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	365% Outstanding	Read 2,416 Write 2,160 Mixed 1,741 SusWrite 1,581 443% 1,975 MB/s	4K Read 71.4 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 99.2 336% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1636 DQ Write 1,396 DQ Mixed 1,492 1,124% 1,508 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 365% Great: 410%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 109GB free Firmware: 00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 470 469 470 469 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 355 Write 478 Mixed 334 SusWrite 470 93% 409 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.3 158% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 66.9 130% 260 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 67GB free Firmware: 00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 331 333 335 334 335 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 384 Write 333 Mixed 280 SusWrite 324 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.8 158% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 65.9 126% 252 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 818GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 113 113 114 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 112 Write 118 Mixed 69 SusWrite 113 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 31.6 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 32.4 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,564x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $808

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16