Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	45.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '19 at 16:56
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 569 73% 552 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.7% Average	Lighting 55.1 Reflection 53.4 Parallax 43.9 45% 50.8 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 49.7 47% 59 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 102 73 57 57 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 238 Write 101 Mixed 135 SusWrite 75.1 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 11.8 85% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 90.1 DQ Mixed 86.2 74% 111 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 46%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 148GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 92 51 90 51 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 51 Write 24 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 70.9 32% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 8GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 82 82 83 84 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 78 Write 70 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 82.1 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 69%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 746GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 91 91 10 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 137 Write 114 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 80.4 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 34.1 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 30.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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