Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.3% 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	82.9% 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 20:38
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 643 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 124 Parallax 118 95% 119 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 126 Splatting 110 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 188 202 210 221 220 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 913 Write 1,028 Mixed 747 SusWrite 223 163% 728 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 27.5 92% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 85.2 65% 89.2 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 210%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 83 82 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 135 Write 106 Mixed 111 SusWrite 83.8 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 23.4 74% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 99.1 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 70.4 56% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 73%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 480GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 135GB free Firmware: SBFM61.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 278 95 95 100 98 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 460 Write 383 Mixed 332 SusWrite 166 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 22 93% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 99.5 72% 93.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 648GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 164 167 166 166 167 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 134 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 164 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 417GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 107 110 110 113 115 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 32% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 103%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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