Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	160% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 23:33
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 642 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 98.3 82% 103 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 98.7 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 325 316 297 306 301 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,303 Write 792 Mixed 649 SusWrite 325 170% 767 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 49.9 189% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,053 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 471 399% 605 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 283%
Corsair Performance3 SSD 128GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 13GB free Firmware: 1.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 150 146 132 133 108 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	46% Average	Read 321 Write 147 Mixed 185 SusWrite 136 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 19.1 71% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 87.4 DQ Write 50.2 DQ Mixed 54.5 44% 64 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 54%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 183GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 89 89 123 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 84.5 Write 86.7 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 96.1 65% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 93GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 76 82 83 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 76 Write 71.4 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 79.2 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 169GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 77 78 78 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 77.3 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 183% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 22.2 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 118%

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

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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