Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 155% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 135% UFO


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 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	169% 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	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	15.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '18 at 10:52
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 796 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3801 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Lighting 239 Reflection 251 Parallax 259 195% 250 fps	MRender 279 Gravity 227 Splatting 139 168% 215 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 126 82 79 96 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 478 Write 192 Mixed 235 SusWrite 104 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 21.7 134% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 58.4 62% 104 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 72%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free Firmware: 000F Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 266 Mixed 260 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 17.2 118% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 23.9 44% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 74%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 306GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 78 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 129 Write 101 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 79.7 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.7 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%

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

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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