Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	104% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 01:10
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 161 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 618 69% 543 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 3500) ≥ 4GB; ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2080 AMP CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 172 Parallax 164 141% 169 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 151 Splatting 64.6 102% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 153 155 109 168 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 266 Mixed 252 SusWrite 151 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 53.6 200% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 190 169% 259 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 280GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 443 438 244 218 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 462 Mixed 346 SusWrite 335 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 50.6 191% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 252 214% 314 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 128 132 130 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 138 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 131 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 101%

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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	840x
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 $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) $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