Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	110% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '19 at 17:01
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 693 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 158 Parallax 136 124% 149 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 148 Splatting 118 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 155 155 155 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 414 Mixed 368 SusWrite 189 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 58.1 206% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 322 244% 328 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 197GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 304 303 303 302 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 401 Mixed 376 SusWrite 321 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.5 221% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 325 246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 135 Write 127 Mixed 74.9 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 100GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 88 Write 77.2 Mixed 62 SusWrite 78.9 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 22.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

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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	4,576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16