Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	116% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 12:00
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 787 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 141 Parallax 135 106% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 311 312 311 310 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 438 Mixed 345 SusWrite 323 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 58 194% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 61GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 127 127 127 148 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 505 Write 446 Mixed 350 SusWrite 162 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 39.5 144% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 177 179% 289 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 133GB free Firmware: 1003YAM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 86 87 87 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 69.8 Write 68.5 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 86 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 61%
Hitachi HTS543216L9SA00 160GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 34GB free Firmware: FB2OC43C SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 33.8 Write 31.5 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 36.4 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 34%
Hitachi HDS5C3015ALA632 1.5TB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 241GB free Firmware: ML5OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 97 100 99 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 99.8 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 98 63% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 66%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB-$60 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 13GB free Firmware: BS04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 20 20 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 47.5 Write 38.3 Mixed 28 SusWrite 20.9 25% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 80%

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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	4,544x
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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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