Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	124% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '21 at 19:08
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 484 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

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: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 107 88% 111 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 469 430 305 414 414 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 460 Mixed 408 SusWrite 412 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.1 204% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 125GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 470 398 379 378 377 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 486 Mixed 444 SusWrite 408 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.2 215% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 357GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1531 1271 1271 1267 1256 1265 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,452 Write 2,340 Mixed 1756 SusWrite 1,310 440% 1,964 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 86.8 288% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,602 DQ Write 1,023 DQ Mixed 1,259 953% 1,295 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 372%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 132 136 134 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 97.8 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 133 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 6,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 9GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.5 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	7.36% Terrible	Read 34.3 Write 4 Mixed 8.4 SusWrite 4.9 13% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.36% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 18.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 114%

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

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
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	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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