Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	104% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '19 at 01:16
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-6600K-$200 216,850 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	1-Core 139 2-Core 279 98% 209 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 494 70% 505 Pts	64-Core 511 34% 511 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$540 554,017 User benchmarks, average bench 103% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 396 Reflection 374 Parallax 398 104% 389 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 391 Splatting 242 104% 289 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$65 36,919 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 90GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 382 306 305 292 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 476 Mixed 344 SusWrite 340 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 53.4 177% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 250 213% 313 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$63 41,021 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 161 172 180 189 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 6.2 Write 24.8 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 174 38% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.1 39% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 110%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 16GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 14GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 26 25 24 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 136 Write 22.3 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 24.6 46% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 80% 6.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 1,533 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	54.6% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.8 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 16.9 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 105%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 19,455 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $298Bench 81%, 379,186 samples	12,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $200Bench 76%, 216,850 samples	2,862x
Core i7-7700KIntel $345Bench 86%, 359,342 samples	1,700x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	3,723x
GTX 1070Nvidia $409Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	3,159x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 130%, 395,296 samples	2,079x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 111%, 442,547 samples	1,994x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $60Bench 105%, 507,744 samples	1,881x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 144,261 samples	716x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	1,438x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $76Bench 87%, 164,531 samples	775x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $59Bench 71%, 57,239 samples	544x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,223

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $55

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24