Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	363% 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '20 at 16:28
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 525 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.4% 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: 442.50 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 126 Parallax 140 106% 132 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% 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% 610GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1375 1811 1817 1422 1445 1448 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	363% Outstanding	Read 2,505 Write 2,343 Mixed 1,505 SusWrite 1,553 443% 1,976 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 94.3 317% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,691 DQ Write 1,421 DQ Mixed 1539 1,158% 1,550 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 363% Great: 410%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 67GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 313 345 346 346 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 344 Mixed 264 SusWrite 334 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 33.3 142% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 65.6 126% 252 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 104%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 130GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 476 477 476 481 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 480 Mixed 305 SusWrite 475 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.3 157% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 69 129% 256 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 115 115 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 116 Write 66 Mixed 69 SusWrite 115 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.3% 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 @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 29 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 28.8 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 112%

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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	4,565x
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 $90Bench 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: $803

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 $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) $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