Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 796 83% 666 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 77 Parallax 66.1 62% 73.2 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 70 Splatting 72.1 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 905 891 814 786 348 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,011 Write 920 Mixed 728 SusWrite 774 245% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 56.2 211% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 386 353% 559 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 243%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 219GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 208 186 187 187 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 461 Mixed 349 SusWrite 226 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.6 181% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 251 214% 314 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 280GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 74 73 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 98.5 Write 61.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 73.2 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 497GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 120 123 124 125 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 85.5 Write 113 Mixed 98 SusWrite 122 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.6 445% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 29.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 27.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 105%

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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	4,562x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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