Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 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	Apr 08 '21 at 10:03
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^th 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-$180 588,978 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 (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 238 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 747 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 106 Reflection 144 Parallax 96.4 86% 115 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 123 Splatting 105 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 86 85 85 84 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 430 Write 146 Mixed 214 SusWrite 106 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 4.1 81% 18.5 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 129%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 183GB free Firmware: 023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 195 193 180 173 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 469 Write 199 Mixed 269 SusWrite 186 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 14 83% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 20.4 60% 140 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 125%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 126GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 300 292 112 110 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 2,452 Write 309 Mixed 516 SusWrite 204 187% 870 MB/s	4K Read 76.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 4.2 122% 27.5 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 355%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 174 172 169 167 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 474 Write 182 Mixed 246 SusWrite 171 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 4.6 80% 18.4 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 137%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 14 14 14 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 105 Write 14.9 Mixed 24 SusWrite 13.7 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 262% 2 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 919GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 6.6 6.9 6.9 7 6.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 15.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 19.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 111%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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