Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	104% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '23 at 13:24
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 177 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 459 51% 401 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Sapphire(1DA2 E448) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.2.2 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 239 93% 157 fps	MRender 220 Gravity 120 Splatting 186 144% 175 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 681GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 401 417 440 464 432 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 395 Mixed 397 SusWrite 414 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 44.8 148% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 287 229% 323 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 137%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 202GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 242 208 221 202 219 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 358 Write 347 Mixed 229 SusWrite 216 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 31.9 116% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 171 149% 222 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 101%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2TB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 413 412 442 456 437 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 341 Write 405 Mixed 328 SusWrite 419 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 39.9 137% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 160 176% 296 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 125%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 244GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 109 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 64.1 Write 114 Mixed 30 SusWrite 110 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 2 374% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 550GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 86 86 86 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 75.6 Write 63.3 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 85 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 403 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 113%

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

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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	4,567x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16