Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	377% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '21 at 11:34
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$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)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 153 2-Core 307 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 612 81% 605 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C75C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 120 Parallax 152 109% 136 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 130 Splatting 110 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1717 1626 1623 1493 1447 1325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	377% Outstanding	Read 2,584 Write 2,134 Mixed 1,464 SusWrite 1,538 432% 1,930 MB/s	4K Read 72.6 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 100 339% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,831 DQ Write 1,517 DQ Mixed 1,642 1,238% 1,663 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 377% Great: 410%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 67GB free Firmware: 00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 334 333 333 331 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 371 Write 333 Mixed 274 SusWrite 326 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 41.2 165% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 65.7 128% 256 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: 00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 450 449 452 449 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 454 Mixed 330 SusWrite 450 91% 401 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.2 167% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 68.7 131% 260 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL16G36C16U4R.M8FB1 2x16GB 950 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 28.1 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 134%

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

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,542x
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 $131	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