Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	149% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 01:57
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 762 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 158 Parallax 137 126% 150 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 149 Splatting 114 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 820 830 833 841 840 697 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 744 Mixed 557 SusWrite 810 149% 655 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 57.7 199% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 296 245% 351 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 156%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 222GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 137 128 120 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 284 Write 208 Mixed 216 SusWrite 132 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38.9 146% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 147 120% 167 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 133 135 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 128 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 133 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 209 208 207 207 204 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 182 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 207 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 361% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

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 (75^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 99%

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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