Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 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	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 15:02
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 215 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 465 65% 481 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 76.8 81% 87.2 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 74.2 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 357 358 355 356 355 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 347 Write 356 Mixed 336 SusWrite 355 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 44.1 148% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 215 168% 230 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 123%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 241 115 110 106 111 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 366 Write 380 Mixed 326 SusWrite 178 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 16.1 94% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 29.9 85% 179 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 346GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 172 169 170 172 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 31.2 Write 167 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 170 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 32 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 99%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,582x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16