Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	80.5% 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	33.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 05:37
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 238 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 472 54% 422 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 94.4 Reflection 105 Parallax 98.4 77% 99.4 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 88.9 Splatting 91.5 74% 89.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 142GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 259 287 289 293 291 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 376 Write 394 Mixed 366 SusWrite 273 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 55.6 186% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 249 188% 252 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 116 111 109 113 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 372 Write 311 Mixed 270 SusWrite 120 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 41 154% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 196 160% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 201 205 205 204 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 156 Mixed 89 SusWrite 204 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 28.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 28.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 105%

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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	4,546x
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 $134	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