Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '21 at 14:58
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 624 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 85E7) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 6.3 Parallax 5 4% 5.3 fps	MRender 6.4 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 308 309 312 310 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 256 Mixed 248 SusWrite 310 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 32.9 135% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 215 190% 287 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 853GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 200 196 189 191 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 160 Mixed 111 SusWrite 193 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 279% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 628GB free Firmware: A750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 156 156 164 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 138 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 164 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 107%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 140 141 142 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 82.4 Write 85.4 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 140 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 267GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 123 117 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 127 Write 125 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 122 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID a207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.6 1 0.5 1.3 0.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.64% Terrible	Read 8.2 Write 0.7 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 0.7 3% 2.95 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 18% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 2.64% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 23.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 90%

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

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16