Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	264% 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 19:48
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 208 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 660 63% 522 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1522) ≥ 4GB; inno3d rtx 3060 twin oc 12 go CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 107 Parallax 116 103% 116 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 86 85% 107 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 832GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1393 1476 1160 721 533 606 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,748 Write 1,639 Mixed 1,334 SusWrite 982 320% 1,426 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 84.2 285% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 996 DQ Mixed 430 486% 827 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 311%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 109GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 163 121 145 145 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 299 Write 256 Mixed 266 SusWrite 145 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 41.6 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 159 138% 203 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDT721050SLA360 500GB-$66 2,319 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 449GB free Firmware: ST3OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 110 111 111 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 110 70% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 168 178 176 179 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 172 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 176 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 158 163 160 163 164 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 103 Mixed 78 SusWrite 159 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31.6 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 28.3 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $40Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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