Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 19:23
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 713 68% 561 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% 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: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 201 Parallax 183 155% 191 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 182 Splatting 128 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 295 299 298 298 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 360 Mixed 272 SusWrite 300 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 47.6 158% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 232 205% 310 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 447GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 240 236 236 237 237 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 420 Write 250 Mixed 299 SusWrite 239 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 21 76% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 87.5 DQ Mixed 104 90% 135 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 392GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 95 93 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 98 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 94.1 73% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
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	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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