Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	111% 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	22.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 00:30
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 834 90% 715 Pts	64-Core 830 51% 830 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 163 Parallax 152 118% 153 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 144 Splatting 119 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
A-data S596 121GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 091222 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 124 55 48 35 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 156 Write 138 Mixed 100 SusWrite 76.5 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 23.3 4K Mixed 1.6 39% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 37.6 DQ Mixed 8.6 10% 15.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 34%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 122GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9607 Write 8096 Mixed 8,564 1,951% 8,756 MB/s	4K Read 577 4K Write 361 4K Mixed 407 1,586% 448 MB/s	DQ Read 1,496 DQ Write 1204 DQ Mixed 1,231 954% 1,311 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 460GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 130 132 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 130 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 131 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%

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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