Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	81% 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	21.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 19:48
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 577 78% 579 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 870B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 120 Parallax 130 102% 125 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 117 Splatting 107 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 4 256GB-$90 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 325 379 199 188 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 228 Write 378 Mixed 220 SusWrite 263 62% 272 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 32 144% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 207 176% 256 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GB 41,519 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 117GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 489 Write 129 Mixed 160 SusWrite 129 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 24.4 146% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 119 117% 192 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 70%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 128GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 266 296 222 110 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 354 Write 335 Mixed 322 SusWrite 197 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31.3 148% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 47.6 82% 160 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 100%
Hitachi HTS543232A7A381 320GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 265GB free Firmware: ES2OA70E SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 86.5 Write 87.2 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 83.9 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 49%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 546GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 73.3 Write 73.8 Mixed 32 SusWrite 106 97% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 18,139 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 27.9 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 112%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,589x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

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	255x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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