Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '19 at 17:14
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 578 75% 566 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2535 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 152 Parallax 125 108% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 113 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% 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% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,733 Write 1,206 Mixed 567 257% 1,169 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 62.4 258% 99.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,178 DQ Write 1,236 DQ Mixed 919 770% 1,111 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 439GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 151 150 150 149 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 163 Write 129 Mixed 71 SusWrite 150 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 114%
Generic Mass-Storage 125GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 116GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	0.74% Terrible	Read 0.8 Write 0.5 Mixed 0.5 SusWrite 0.7 1% 0.62 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 16% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 0.74% Great: 20%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 766 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 119GB free, PID a83a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 39 40 43 44 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 135 Write 32.2 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 41.8 73% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.2 144% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 30.7 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 32 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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