Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	115% 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 03:23
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 762 79% 637 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 196 Parallax 198 152% 194 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 185 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 412 408 398 388 357 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 406 Mixed 294 SusWrite 394 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 46.9 176% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 296 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 717GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 471 471 480 480 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 441 Mixed 327 SusWrite 469 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 48.1 174% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 165 172% 285 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 311GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1204 1369 1381 1439 1440 1442 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,016 Write 1,420 Mixed 767 SusWrite 1,379 311% 1,395 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 60.8 227% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,131 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 437 409% 656 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 283%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3733 C17 4x4GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 44.9 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 36.4 122% 42.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 49.5 SC Mixed 33.3 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 125%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	4,590x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16