Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '20 at 15:20
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 490 65% 489 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2958) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 35.1 32% 36.7 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 19.1 Splatting 34.5 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitach HDS723020BLA642 2TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: MN6OA180 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 33 44 68 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 87.7 Write 82 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 50.8 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AAKS-00TMA 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 116GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 57 58 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 56 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 57.4 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 110%

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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	4,583x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16