Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	124% 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 19:24
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 809 85% 681 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 196 Parallax 176 142% 182 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 178 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 459 459 443 377 391 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 344 Mixed 416 SusWrite 431 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 60.5 201% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 296 242% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 104 108 108 106 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 61.2 Write 104 Mixed 59 SusWrite 104 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 172% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 63%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 92 92 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 87 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 91.5 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 180 181 181 181 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 93 Write 132 Mixed 52 SusWrite 180 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.9 263% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16