Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 14:28
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 743 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1608 MHz, MLim: 1812 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 116 93% 116 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 96.5 81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 507GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 138 566 749 376 351 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 930GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 338 356 349 351 356 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 366 Mixed 355 SusWrite 353 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45 152% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 261 224% 329 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 126%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 111 114 114 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 113 Write 126 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 111 67% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 173% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 34.3 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 32.3 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%

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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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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	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16