Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	116% 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	116% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 00:25
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 805 87% 690 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6585) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2807 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 170 Parallax 160 126% 161 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 150 Splatting 124 110% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 300 301 301 301 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 493 Mixed 423 SusWrite 309 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 59.1 199% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 333 251% 336 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 93GB free Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 201 201 201 201 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 483 Write 197 Mixed 233 SusWrite 197 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 16.5 114% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 28.5 75% 161 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 207 207 204 204 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 165 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 205 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 32.3 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 32.1 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 99%

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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 $45Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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