Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	92.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (18%). 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	26.3 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 19:15
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 (95^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 424 60% 441 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 107 88% 111 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% 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: 446 426 362 361 330 431 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 421 Mixed 364 SusWrite 393 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 40.9 113% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 125GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 470 390 379 380 379 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 398 Write 433 Mixed 376 SusWrite 408 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 38.9 119% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.6% 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: 1435 1142 1103 1196 1261 1259 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,986 Write 1,675 Mixed 1,248 SusWrite 1,233 344% 1,535 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 62.8 188% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,610 DQ Write 884 DQ Mixed 1,198 904% 1,231 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 372%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 84 75 82 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 91.2 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 78.1 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 71% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.9% 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 5.6 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Read 33.8 Write 4 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 4.9 13% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.91% 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 (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 18.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 114%

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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 $250Bench 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 $160Bench 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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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 $46

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