Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 18:41
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$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 (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 782 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 108% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,805 Write 1033 Mixed 541 246% 1,126 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 54.2 234% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 731 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 309 273% 424 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 106GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 151 152 152 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 395 Mixed 328 SusWrite 183 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57 195% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 249 188% 252 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 230GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 482 478 467 468 442 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 482 Mixed 409 SusWrite 468 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.2 216% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 593GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 143 140 137 141 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 58.5 Write 106 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 140 61% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 357% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 33 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 31.2 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%

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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 $179	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