Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.3% 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	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 01:15
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 499 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.3% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.8 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 196 200 201 201 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 379 Write 200 Mixed 223 SusWrite 197 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 23.5 89% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 83.1 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 60.5 48% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 60%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 844GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 446 451 458 450 451 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 442 Mixed 369 SusWrite 450 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 39.1 136% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 279 230% 328 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 121%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 277GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 75 75 75 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 102 SusWrite 74.7 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 76%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 598GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 92 92 93 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 96 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 90.8 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 338GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 129 129 130 129 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 139 Write 117 Mixed 76 SusWrite 129 152% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 64% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	4,544x
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 $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