Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 09:48
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 224 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 735 71% 586 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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 8549) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 95.3 78% 99.6 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 83 73% 89.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 61 63 71 63 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 476 Write 69.2 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 62.6 37% 171 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 10.5 80% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 98.6 DQ Mixed 2.6 29% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 84%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 130 130 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 129 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 73%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 126 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 128 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,803 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 79%

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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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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16