Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.17% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	85.1% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '21 at 13:48
Run Duration	385 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 117 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 617 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670 18,196 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E155) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.301.1901.0 Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 7.1 Parallax 6.1 5% 6.6 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 6.1 5% 5.8 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 266 264 264 264 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 424 Write 284 Mixed 240 SusWrite 265 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 31.8 124% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 216 189% 283 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 853GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 193 203 204 205 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 172 Mixed 121 SusWrite 195 120% 162 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 628GB free Firmware: A750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 147 139 140 162 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 162 Write 149 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 150 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 107%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 146 143 144 139 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 79.2 Write 83.4 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 141 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 267GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 123 121 122 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 112 Write 133 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 122 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID a207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 24 7.7 3 1.9 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 106 Write 0.7 Mixed 5 SusWrite 10.5 24% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 1% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 90%

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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	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
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 $499Bench 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 $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 $273	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 $186	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