Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 15:24
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 684 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 103 93% 112 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshib Q300. 240GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 431 Write 443 Mixed 354 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 30.3 138% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 81 113% 212 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 94%
Seagate STM3250318AS 250GB 3,989 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 232GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 121 122 122 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 122 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 68%
Intenso External USB 3.0 2TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0579 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 39 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 40.2 50% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 113%

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

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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