Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	81.2% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '20 at 20:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 786 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% 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 854F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 85% 106 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 90.3 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 Series 250GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 247 247 248 206 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 480 Write 251 Mixed 168 SusWrite 225 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 22.7 122% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 57.6 103% 206 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 81%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 59GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 457 465 473 473 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 467 Mixed 399 SusWrite 452 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62.6 209% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 806GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 106 105 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 91.2 Write 94.5 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 106 110% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 97%

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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	4,561x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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