Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '21 at 17:01
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 698 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 86% 111 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 103 Splatting 92.3 81% 99.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST3000DM001-1ER166 240GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 260 326 296 277 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 282 Mixed 316 SusWrite 281 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 38.5 142% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 147 158% 262 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 94%
Corsair Neutron XT SSD 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 398GB free Firmware: RVT23B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 403 479 484 483 480 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	130% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 458 Mixed 421 SusWrite 441 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 65.5 215% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 130%
Seagate ST3500620AS 1.5TB 341GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 98 96 97 96 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 96.4 66% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 181 181 180 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 142 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 178 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 117%

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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	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16