Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	147% 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	90.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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	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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 06:25
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 267 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 783 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 210 Parallax 220 162% 210 fps	MRender 245 Gravity 195 Splatting 132 149% 190 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 238 72 88 80 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 366 Write 349 Mixed 321 SusWrite 137 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 56.5 177% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 248 188% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 134%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 215GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 1232 1307 1576 1440 1464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 2,504 Write 1538 Mixed 1,234 SusWrite 1,364 370% 1,660 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 96.1 322% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1302 DQ Write 1,114 DQ Mixed 1,096 852% 1,171 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 354%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 73GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 226 209 188 205 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 463 Mixed 377 SusWrite 210 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 56.8 203% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 229 208% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 909GB free Firmware: SM14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 78 85 80 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 49 Write 66.3 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 82 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.6 318% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 28.8 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 31.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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	4,543x
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 $499Bench 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 $273	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 $186	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