Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 16:12
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 662 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3178) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 74.8 68% 80.7 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 66.3 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 373 368 348 260 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 369 Mixed 294 SusWrite 293 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 36.8 146% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 236 199% 288 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 296 294 295 263 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 487 Mixed 395 SusWrite 279 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.2 206% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 329 247% 330 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 168GB free Firmware: 02.03B03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 92 88 87 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 69 SusWrite 90.9 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 64%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 134GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 86 86 87 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 85.5 Write 85.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 86.4 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

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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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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,590x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16