Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	52.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 22:39
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 710 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 86FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 108 Parallax 126 103% 120 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 117 Splatting 104 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 Series 250GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 47 46 56 44 49 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.3% Above average	Read 248 Write 55 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 52.2 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 21.7 100% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 50.8 78% 157 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 81%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 215GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 612 606 598 585 568 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,966 Write 1,693 Mixed 639 SusWrite 620 273% 1,230 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 219 4K Mixed 66.2 272% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1097 DQ Write 1,423 DQ Mixed 869 765% 1,130 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 254%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 44GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 39 39 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 66 Write 46.8 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 39.5 37% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 49GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 42 42 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 52.3 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 41.3 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 43%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$76 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 40GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 81 87 89 88 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 80.3 Write 86.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 87.1 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 88%
WD WD40EFRX-68N32N0 4TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 122 120 121 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 122 Write 123 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 120 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 26.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 26.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 97%

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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	4,558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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