Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	226% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 15:40
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 719 79% 624 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 42 Parallax 55.2 38% 47.8 fps	MRender 56.9 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 38.9 40% 49.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 905 904 904 903 905 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,929 Write 924 Mixed 685 SusWrite 856 243% 1,098 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 57.1 217% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 376 360% 586 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 243%
SanDisk Extreme 128GB 212 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 104GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 187 199 197 189 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 236 Write 200 Mixed 155 SusWrite 186 256% 194 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 6.3 549% 7.13 MB/s	DQ Read 8.8 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 8.1 679% 9.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 174 175 169 168 173 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 232 Write 170 Mixed 45.4 SusWrite 165 191% 153 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 7.8 519% 8.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 91%

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

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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	4,554x
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	990x
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	440x
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	345x
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