Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99%, 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 15:47
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 295 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 584 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99% 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: 446.14 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 129 Parallax 129 106% 129 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 108% 136 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-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 539GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 1351 1528 1462 1408 1366 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	365% Outstanding	Read 2,644 Write 2,490 Mixed 1,444 SusWrite 1,340 443% 1,979 MB/s	4K Read 71.3 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 98.4 335% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,777 DQ Write 1,559 DQ Mixed 1,657 1,245% 1,664 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 365% Great: 410%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 67GB free Firmware: 00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 335 333 334 332 333 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 367 Write 340 Mixed 273 SusWrite 333 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 41.6 166% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 66 128% 256 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 63GB free Firmware: 00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 443 441 441 443 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 364 Write 452 Mixed 324 SusWrite 439 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 43.4 168% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 68.6 126% 247 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 117 116 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 113 Write 121 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.1% 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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 32.8 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 34.2 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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