Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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 @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '21 at 19:24
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 64.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 273 84% 159 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 516 64% 490 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.3% 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)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 107 88% 111 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% 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: 446 363 411 406 422 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 448 Mixed 400 SusWrite 413 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 61.3 204% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 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: 450 475 382 379 379 378 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 470 Mixed 427 SusWrite 407 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 62.9 207% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% 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: 1541 1247 1271 1259 1255 1261 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 1,782 Write 1,867 Mixed 1,676 SusWrite 1,306 374% 1,658 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 82.9 286% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1703 DQ Write 935 DQ Mixed 1,257 952% 1,298 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 372%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 75 88 97 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 119 Write 69.5 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 84.6 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% 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 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	7.33% Terrible	Read 34.1 Write 4 Mixed 8.5 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: 7.33% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2782 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.5% Good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 18.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 114%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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