Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	213% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '22 at 01:17
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$130 342,244 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)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 480 59% 453 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3175) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 143 Parallax 134 117% 140 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 133 Splatting 118 106% 131 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme NE-512 512GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0620A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 604 948 576 506 645 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,560 Write 1,385 Mixed 1,065 SusWrite 614 259% 1,156 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 49.2 237% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 1,023 DQ Mixed 498 502% 804 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 251%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 151 149 150 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 368 SusWrite 180 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.2 211% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 242GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 491 491 491 490 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 488 Mixed 407 SusWrite 490 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63 213% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 854GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 124 133 132 133 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 50.7 Write 21.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 123 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.8 320% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 70%
Samsung Portable SSD T1 250GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 125GB free, PID 8001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 272 270 271 267 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 382 Mixed 321 SusWrite 280 463% 348 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 36.7 3,481% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 40.4 3,998% 48.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 315%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/8GX 4x8GB 12,213 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 35.5 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 31.4 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%

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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	4,582x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16