Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.7% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	17 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 18:33
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 324 41% 313 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 77%

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: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.8 89% 109 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO mSAT 1TB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 484GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT41B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 344 Write 345 Mixed 254 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 32.5 115% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 220 169% 230 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 121%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 85GB free Firmware: 300i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 405 Write 140 Mixed 185 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 34.1 136% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 162 123% 167 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 80%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 223GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 389 425 435 434 412 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 424 Mixed 353 SusWrite 407 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 51.6 171% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 335 259% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 273GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,238 Write 32.5 Mixed 59.8 1,033% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 567 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.4 23,791% 190 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 56GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 82 84 80 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 111 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 82.1 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 108%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 32GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 36 36 34 38 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 102 Write 51.5 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 34.3 66% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1.3 63% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 23 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 98%

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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	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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