Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 21:00
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 271 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 769 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.2 89% 107 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,901 Write 1,370 Mixed 551 280% 1,274 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 57.7 221% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,152 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 646 588% 902 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 281GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 484 482 492 492 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 491 Mixed 471 SusWrite 487 111% 490 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.8 214% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 49GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 135 177 178 178 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 498 Mixed 379 SusWrite 219 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.9 164% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 203 189% 292 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 336GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 106 106 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 70 SusWrite 106 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 238% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.6 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 31.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 106% 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	4,554x
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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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