Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '23 at 11:08
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 626 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.9% Poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 82.6 0% 57.6 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 71.8 70% 87.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVL2256HCHQ-00BH1 256GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 222% 156GB free Firmware: HPS2NGXH SusWrite @10s intervals: 2038 2047 666 345 343 343 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,320 Write 2,181 Mixed 1,983 SusWrite 964 418% 1,862 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 79.3 253% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 996 DQ Write 865 DQ Mixed 927 696% 930 MB/s
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 336%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 122 117 111 117 121 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 170 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 119 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 103%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 311GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 143 143 141 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 139 Write 125 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 142 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 86%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free, PID 0216 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 43 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 40 Write 40.8 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 42.1 52% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 58% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C16K4D 2x8GB 12,037 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 26.9 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 101%

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

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
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	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16