Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 00:57
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 493 60% 460 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 70.6 66% 77.3 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 74.5 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 300 300 302 305 301 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	109% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 468 Mixed 450 SusWrite 298 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 39.5 184% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 247 213% 315 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 368GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 124 127 127 128 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 171 Write 148 Mixed 112 SusWrite 126 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 810GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 125 121 126 127 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 119 Write 122 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 123 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 47%

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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	4,584x
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