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Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

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Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '23 at 09:12
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$150 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 185 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 519 42% 367 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 127 Parallax 117 93% 119 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 124 Splatting 111 91% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 528GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 292 317 313 324 319 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 301 Write 307 Mixed 260 SusWrite 300 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 30.5 104% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 211 166% 230 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 117%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$66 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 133 33 9.2 92 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 958 Write 386 Mixed 586 SusWrite 82.5 111% 503 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 30.4 100% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 46.1 DQ Mixed 71.2 60% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 209%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 9,275 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 86%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,818x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	891x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	633x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,043x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	939x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	500x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	462x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	334x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	189x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	361x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	275x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	141x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $298	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $209	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350