Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 13:23
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 262 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 580 79% 587 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 1956 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 70 62% 75 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 61.8 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 177 176 193 152 171 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 324 Write 232 Mixed 263 SusWrite 178 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 39.3 145% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 144 123% 180 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 95%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 475GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 98 101 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 77 SusWrite 98.4 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 65%
WD WD7502ABYS-02A6B0 750GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 493GB free Firmware: 03.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 87 87 85 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 83 Write 78.9 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 84.9 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 63%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 1,582 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 05ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.9 8.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Read 28 Write 6 Mixed 9 SusWrite 8.4 14% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 26 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 99%

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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	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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