Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	121% 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	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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 22:48
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 489 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 95 Parallax 88.2 83% 95.2 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 78.8 74% 92.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 421 436 439 438 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 414 Mixed 405 SusWrite 431 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.9 195% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 275 228% 328 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 362GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 437 442 434 382 383 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 427 Mixed 401 SusWrite 416 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 57.9 184% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 295 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%
Hitachi HDT721075SLA360 750GB-$500 394 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 592GB free Firmware: ST4OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 110 Write 99 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 110 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 326GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 134 137 136 139 138 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 177 Mixed 79 SusWrite 137 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 32.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 99%

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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	4,558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
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: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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