Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	61.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 16:08
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 774 73% 604 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Nvidia(10DE 2184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.9% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 82.1 77% 87.7 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 73.8 61% 74.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 411 447 451 443 429 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 478 Mixed 346 SusWrite 423 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 48.8 177% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 45GB free Firmware: CP100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 38 38 37 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 26.4 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 38.3 29% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 43%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 87GB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 105 105 112 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 61.1 Write 128 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 106 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 91%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 39GB free Firmware: FH100-05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 74.6 Write 65.2 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 56.6 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 56%
Kingston DataTraveler SE9 USB 2.0 16GB-$5 1,670 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 1689 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.5 3.2 5.4 7.4 7.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	6.44% Terrible	Read 15.7 Write 5.7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 5.1 11% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 66% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.44% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CRC 4x16GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 34.6 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 49.7 SC Mixed 36.4 106% 37 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

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

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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