Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 20:18
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 561 73% 552 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 99.6 95% 112 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 119 Splatting 102 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 162 153 154 152 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 488 Mixed 366 SusWrite 179 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 53.3 196% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 146 116% 166 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 124%
ST1000VM002-1CT162 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 637GB free Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 559 800 895 927 927 723 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 936 Write 928 Mixed 808 SusWrite 805 196% 869 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 64.5 222% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 736 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 680 518% 698 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 17%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 77GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 57 59 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 61 Write 57.5 Mixed 38 SusWrite 58.2 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 54%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 319GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 95 92 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 122 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 91.3 67% 92 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.3 221% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 36.8 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% 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	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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