Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	155% 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, 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 13:02
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 293 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 813 88% 699 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 96 63% 84.3 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 78 Splatting 66 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Scorch M2 256GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 904 661 263 263 262 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 703 Write 816 Mixed 734 SusWrite 534 157% 697 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 54 205% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 702 DQ Write 720 DQ Mixed 595 479% 672 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 151%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 140GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 457 440 414 281 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 404 Mixed 393 SusWrite 355 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 33.5 169% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 48.8 102% 205 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 92%
Samsung HN-M101MBB 1TB-$45 3,466 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 175GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 103 Write 67.8 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 53.6 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3733 C17 Series 2x8GB 1,545 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 25.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 29.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 112%

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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 $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 $295	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