Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% 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.
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

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 10:10
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 606 81% 608 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 151 Parallax 129 115% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,161 Write 1,153 Mixed 525 279% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 67.6 266% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,219 DQ Write 1,125 DQ Mixed 736 672% 1,026 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 56GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 151 151 151 151 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 490 Mixed 420 SusWrite 181 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 64.7 231% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 115%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 396GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 173 172 172 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 95.4 SusWrite 169 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 224% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 29.4 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 30.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 104%

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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