Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	292% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 20:23
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 798 82% 659 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 155 Parallax 145 117% 148 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1352 305 306 306 306 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,524 Write 1,465 Mixed 1,064 SusWrite 480 305% 1,383 MB/s	4K Read 72.6 4K Write 229 4K Mixed 100 360% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,286 DQ Mixed 1,014 798% 1,093 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 316 315 315 315 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 490 Mixed 410 SusWrite 331 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 67.3 232% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 80GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 478 481 488 488 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 490 Mixed 410 SusWrite 481 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 68.7 234% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 134%
Sandisk Extreme 31GB 26GB free Firmware: 0001 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 253 Write 98.5 Mixed 91.8 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 8.6 1,693% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 9.9 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 8.8 85% 9.87 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 31.8 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 48.5 SC Mixed 33.8 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 44 91% 44 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 128%

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

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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