Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	135% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '20 at 00:32
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 504 69% 512 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 79.6 63% 78.9 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 74.8 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.T Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 206 221 213 218 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 832 Write 849 Mixed 791 SusWrite 250 153% 680 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 50.9 188% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 575 DQ Mixed 494 409% 590 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 141%
Sandisk SD8SB8U512G1002 512GB 2,367 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 113GB free Firmware: X4131002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 283 280 279 250 241 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 372 Write 347 Mixed 230 SusWrite 268 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 46.2 142% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 213 171% 242 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBD2 BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBD2 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

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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	4,590x
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 $40Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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