Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 17:14
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 734 79% 628 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 184 Parallax 168 145% 177 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 176 Splatting 119 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1529 Write 755 Mixed 723 220% 1,002 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 62.7 231% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,213 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 478 414% 642 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 243%
SanDisk X210 128GB-$149 146 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2GB free Firmware: X210400 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 221 Mixed 137 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 16.8 99% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 45.5 DQ Mixed 66.4 58% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
SanDisk X210 128GB-$149 146 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 24GB free Firmware: X210400 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 486 Write 273 Mixed 211 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.8 163% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 125 137% 232 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
Corsair CMFSSD-64NI 65GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free Firmware: 081028 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 94 92 95 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 156 Write 83.3 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 92.1 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 3.5 31% 7.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 14GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 101 Write 90.5 Mixed 61.7 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 49GB free Firmware: SD1A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,598 Write 61.5 Mixed 88.1 1,848% 2,582 MB/s	4K Read 747 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 3.3 31,523% 251 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 112GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 187 Write 136 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 108 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	4,544x
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