Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	252% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '19 at 11:06
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 251 94% 165 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 806 86% 686 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1654 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 71.2 65% 76.8 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 64.3 59% 73.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1368 1352 1401 1421 1421 1235 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,098 Write 1,412 Mixed 954 SusWrite 1,366 325% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 62.5 249% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 51.3 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 256 180% 217 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 142GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 472 416 400 400 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 394 Mixed 377 SusWrite 432 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 54.2 187% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 149 143% 217 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 405GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 473 479 483 483 482 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 467 Mixed 365 SusWrite 480 98% 432 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 46.2 171% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 146 92% 99.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 28.8 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 28.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 136%

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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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Gaming 86%

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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	4,544x
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