Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '21 at 22:59
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 378 46% 356 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.4% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 67.6 53% 69.3 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 66.5 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 196 97 90 97 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 362 Mixed 325 SusWrite 144 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 49.1 168% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 336 254% 340 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 134%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 354GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 75 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 72.6 Write 69.8 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 74.2 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 97%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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