Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	236% 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	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 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '19 at 18:59
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 513 63% 480 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 197 Parallax 183 152% 189 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 185 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 913 860 852 880 773 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,069 Write 925 Mixed 751 SusWrite 864 254% 1,152 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 58 230% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,044 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 375 356% 578 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 467 479 489 489 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 490 Mixed 361 SusWrite 474 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 61.1 219% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 334 259% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 5GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 93.3 Write 91.5 Mixed 71.5 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 111 111 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 111 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 295GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 125 127 127 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 154 Mixed 81 SusWrite 127 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 34.9 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 33.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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	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 $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 $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