Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 21:32
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 61.8 2-Core 141 61% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 603 53% 453 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 198 Parallax 179 152% 188 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S3 480GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 196 166 164 185 203 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 293 Write 213 Mixed 243 SusWrite 188 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 19.4 61% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 97 77% 109 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 61%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 401GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 446 307 305 295 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 462 Mixed 342 SusWrite 348 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 37.9 129% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 251 213% 314 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 392GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 96 92 92 98 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 95.3 Mixed 97 SusWrite 94.3 73% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 10.6 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 44%

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

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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