Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 17:47
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 707 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8583) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1871 MHz, MLim: 1770 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 1.43 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 63.8 1% 49.2 fps	MRender 77.4 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 59.1 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 438 405 432 359 373 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 425 Mixed 377 SusWrite 404 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.9 174% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 296 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 152 152 152 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 382 Mixed 317 SusWrite 182 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 57.7 190% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 119 120 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 109 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 118 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 453GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 87 89 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 84 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 87.7 63% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 915GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 202 201 201 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 169 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 201 105% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 27.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 107%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	345x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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