Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	118% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '18 at 09:59
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 736 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2632 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 133 Parallax 105 106% 123 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 141 Splatting 112 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 303 302 283 204 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 494 Mixed 425 SusWrite 264 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.6 212% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 251GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 357 269 154 155 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 448 Mixed 378 SusWrite 250 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.7 157% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 282 210% 274 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 806GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 208 205 207 207 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 168 Mixed 86 SusWrite 207 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 241GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 155 156 157 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 104 Write 93 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 156 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 2x8GB 4,728 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 87%

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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	4,555x
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