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 (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% 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	170% 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '21 at 16:49
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 131 2-Core 248 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 718 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% 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)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 63.7 Reflection 74.1 Parallax 65.6 52% 67.8 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 57.2 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$71 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1234 662 381 188 200 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,348 Write 1,493 Mixed 1,310 SusWrite 469 260% 1,155 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 58.3 194% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 542 DQ Write 683 DQ Mixed 599 456% 608 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 295%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 223GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 32 32 33 38 47 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: 252 201 174 172 172 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 316 Write 318 Mixed 239 SusWrite 191 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 36 129% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 144 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB 828 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 859 Write 3 SusWrite 2.4 206% 288 MB/s	4K Read 407 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 17,026% 136 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 159%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 137GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 8.9 11 12 11 9.5 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: 39 39 38 38 38 39 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 30.6 Write 38.6 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 38.3 43% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 19%
Apple iPod 120GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 17 15 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 16.2 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 17.1 20% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 18% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.49% 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	75.4% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 77%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,600x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	998x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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