Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '20 at 19:51
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 88.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 256 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 768 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 71.6 62% 76.3 fps	MRender 77.3 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 64 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$98 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 79 82 80 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 450 Write 86 Mixed 126 SusWrite 80 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 23.4 108% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 113 89% 127 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 67GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 303 319 323 322 321 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 366 Write 376 Mixed 351 SusWrite 298 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 58 190% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 242 182% 245 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 128%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 172GB free Firmware: K2AOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 53.2 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 55.6 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 BLS8G4D240FSCK.8FBD 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.5% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 79%

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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	4,590x
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