Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 21:25
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 242 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 706 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1563 MHz, MLim: 1907 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Lighting 84.8 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 81.2 69% 85.4 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 71.6 63% 78.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 168 177 197 205 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 430 Write 220 Mixed 279 SusWrite 191 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 27.5 95% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 101 88% 135 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 65%
ST1000DM 003-1CH162 1TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 446GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 167 168 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71% Very good	Read 193 Write 150 Mixed 85 SusWrite 167 194% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 34.2 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 31.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

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	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16