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Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.1% 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 Drive329% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
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MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 09 '22 at 22:26
Run Duration229 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 30%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 97.4
1-Core 115
2-Core 231
85% 148 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 646
66% 531 Pts
64-Core 715
44% 715 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 87.2%
 Great: 92%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
EVGA(3842 6173)
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.1% Excellent
Lighting 99.4
Reflection 114
Parallax 103
81% 105 fps
MRender 95.7
Gravity 98.9
Splatting 102
81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 81.1%
 Great: 88%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1660
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
6.9% Terrible
Lighting 7.4
Reflection 9.9
Parallax 8.9
6% 8.73 fps
MRender 11.8
Gravity 7.3
Splatting 11.9
9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑
This bench: 6.9%
 Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1995 800 803 802 803 802 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
329% Outstanding
Read 2,606
Write 2,502
Mixed 1,896
SusWrite 1,001
448% 2,001 MB/s
4K Read 72.9
4K Write 188
4K Mixed 96.8
334% 119 MB/s
DQ Read 1,510
DQ Write 1,213
DQ Mixed 1,332
1,005% 1,352 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑
This bench: 329%
 Great: 355%
Team T253X2001T 1TB
536GB free
Firmware: T0910A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 437 433 438 439 435 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 481
Write 436
Mixed 412
SusWrite 438
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 33.9
158% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 51.2
93% 179 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑
This bench: 104%
 Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
928GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 165 166 165 164 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
98.3% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 149
Mixed 106
SusWrite 165
110% 149 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑
This bench: 98.3%
 Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 4400 C19 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 38.2
MC Write 38.6
MC Mixed 29.6
101% 35.5 GB/s
SC Read 21.8
SC Write 38.4
SC Mixed 28.7
85% 29.6 GB/s
Latency 48.8
82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑
This bench: 100%
 Great: 135%
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 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,126 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples4,570x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples843x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples599x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples994x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples471x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples181x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples137x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $742
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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