Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	5.13% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 09:42
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 131 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 704 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 124 114% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 45 45 46 46 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	5.13% Terrible	Read 46.1 Write 44 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 45.6 10% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 2% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 26GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 98 100 102 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 142 Write 129 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 101 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 855GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 176 174 175 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 135 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 176 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 114%
WD WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 117 118 122 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 101 SusWrite 119 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 73%
WD WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 3TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 117 115 119 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 120 Mixed 105 SusWrite 117 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 32.8 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 33 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

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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	4,583x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16