Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	6000 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 09:15
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 527 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 85%

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: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 116 91% 115 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 99 Splatting 81.7 74% 91.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 484 483 514 403 405 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 755 Write 421 Mixed 307 SusWrite 446 107% 482 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 31.4 118% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 27 69% 146 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 159%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 155 149 149 151 149 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 421 Mixed 360 SusWrite 175 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 47.3 172% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 327 246% 328 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 115%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 690GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 92 95 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 95 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 91.7 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 99%

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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	4,554x
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 $178	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