Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	239% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 03:21
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 303 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 827 78% 650 Pts	64-Core 830 51% 830 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.1 92% 110 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 315 315 313 311 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,115 Write 1,411 Mixed 636 SusWrite 357 249% 1,130 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 61.2 267% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,157 DQ Write 1,179 DQ Mixed 772 689% 1036 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 76GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 266 268 270 275 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 934 Write 272 Mixed 158 SusWrite 270 89% 408 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 34 123% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 230 152% 186 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 835GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 103 104 103 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 106 Write 93.7 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 103 71% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 31.6 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 31.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 118%

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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	4,546x
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