Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	135% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '18 at 15:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 784 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1001.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 210 206 202 200 212 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 944 Write 675 Mixed 410 SusWrite 212 124% 560 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 51.3 188% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 527 DQ Mixed 377 342% 523 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 144%
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 112GB free Firmware: V3.36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 391 393 403 381 368 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 432 Write 366 Mixed 300 SusWrite 388 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 13.9 112% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 24.7 58% 118 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 128GB free Firmware: CA14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 68.2 Write 74.2 Mixed 47 SusWrite 77.6 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C15 Series 2x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 28 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

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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	4,546x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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