Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	295% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 08:36
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 268 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 743 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 146 Parallax 126 109% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 660 660 658 651 640 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,470 Write 2,198 Mixed 1,505 SusWrite 692 383% 1,716 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 91.8 309% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,415 DQ Write 1,219 DQ Mixed 1,303 980% 1,312 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 368GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 458 460 461 461 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 456 Mixed 370 SusWrite 461 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 53.3 196% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BC10008 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 120 120 120 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 94.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 118 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.6 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 30.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
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	888x
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	313x
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