Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	164% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '21 at 19:57
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$170 588,978 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)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 257 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 719 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 73.9 Parallax 65.6 52% 67.8 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 57.7 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1573 774 425 347 355 369 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,110 Write 1,658 Mixed 1,338 SusWrite 640 268% 1,187 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 51.8 178% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 514 DQ Write 638 DQ Mixed 566 430% 573 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 295%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$27 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 223GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 27 30 32 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 30% Great: 92%
Crucial_FCCT256MX100SSD1 256GB 280 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 113GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 231 182 168 164 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 328 Write 326 Mixed 256 SusWrite 200 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 36.7 128% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 165 134% 188 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB 828 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.7 2.5 2.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,949 Write 3.2 SusWrite 0.9 465% 651 MB/s	4K Read 353 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 14,793% 118 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 159%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 137GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 12 14 15 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 982GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 40 40 38 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 41.1 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 39.5 46% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%
Apple iPod 120GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID null, iPod SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 15 15 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	6.29% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 16.4 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 16.2 19% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 22% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.29% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 18: 2R 2G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
18%	12%	51	325	267	60	23.8"	1920 1080	SPT099D E248W-1920

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,613x
Core i5-6600KIntel $64Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	606x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	901x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	320x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $704

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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