Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	234% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 19:24
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 898 87% 718 Pts	64-Core 908 56% 908 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 165 Parallax 154 127% 158 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 154 Splatting 122 110% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 522 277 275 273 272 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,123 Write 1,341 Mixed 596 SusWrite 315 240% 1,094 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 62.6 261% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,139 DQ Write 1,164 DQ Mixed 732 666% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 142 145 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 140 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 144 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 96%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 170GB free Firmware: 3.AAM SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 31.5 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 67 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3003 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 31.7 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 31.9 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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