Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.9% 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	158% 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '21 at 16:24
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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-$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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 716 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% 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)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 63.7 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 65.7 52% 67.6 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 57.6 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$75 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 387 386 377 335 535 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,134 Write 1,766 Mixed 1,322 SusWrite 416 262% 1,160 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 58.5 196% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 539 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 573 436% 584 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 295%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 223GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 31 30 29 31 33 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: 298 231 195 188 181 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 316 Write 310 Mixed 250 SusWrite 208 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 35.2 126% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 166 136% 192 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB 828 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 86.5 Write 2 SusWrite 2.3 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 272% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 159%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 137GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 14 15 17 20 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: 41 39 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 38.2 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 38.4 44% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 19%
Apple iPod 120GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 1261 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 10 7.7 9.5 13 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.3% Terrible	Read 12.4 Write 16.7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 11.5 18% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 18% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.3% Great: 13%

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	74.6% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.6% 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 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	23.8"	1280 720	SPT099D E248W-1920

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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	4,584x
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 $90Bench 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 $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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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