Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.7% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '21 at 00:02
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 566 68% 522 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 111 Parallax 114 96% 114 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 103 Splatting 94.4 89% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,594 Write 2,246 Mixed 1,563 474% 2,134 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 91.4 317% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 1,015 DQ Mixed 1,161 831% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 502GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1411 1423 802 100 203 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,449 Write 1538 Mixed 1,080 SusWrite 672 266% 1,185 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 80.2 294% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 271 344% 602 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 255%
WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB 19,163 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 167 168 167 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 194 Write 175 Mixed 111 SusWrite 167 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 1 78% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 1.1 2% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 176 173 175 181 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 150 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 174 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 47.9 MC Mixed 34.1 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 48.9 SC Mixed 33.8 100% 35.1 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 117%

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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	4,542x
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 $132	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) $34	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