Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	2.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	302% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '20 at 20:41
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 248 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 676 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8676) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2340 MHz, MLim: 3557 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	2.67% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 15 2% 17.5 fps	MRender 19.1 Gravity 0.6 Splatting 0.5 5% 6.73 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 2.67% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1201 921 934 957 963 929 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2396 Write 1,472 Mixed 1177 SusWrite 984 335% 1,507 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 93.2 301% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,305 DQ Write 1,050 DQ Mixed 1,140 863% 1,165 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 246%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 103GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 162 163 163 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 357 Write 216 Mixed 249 SusWrite 158 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45 169% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 182 147% 207 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 416GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 465 459 457 457 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 438 Mixed 294 SusWrite 456 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 40.3 150% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 68.1 131% 261 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
WD WD10EARX-00N0YB0 1TB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 494GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 113 112 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 128 Write 108 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 111 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 18,141 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 36 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 47 SC Mixed 31.7 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,604x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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