Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	247% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 22:22
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 696 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 156 Parallax 131 117% 144 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 140 Splatting 115 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 639 642 639 637 625 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,030 Write 1,621 Mixed 680 SusWrite 658 277% 1,247 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 64.6 226% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,302 DQ Write 1,202 DQ Mixed 872 759% 1,126 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 245 253 251 254 248 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 132 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 249 113% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 293%
Mass Storage Device 64GB 1,817 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 24GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 19 18 19 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 18 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 18.3 25% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3 200% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 25 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 113%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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