Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	123% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 04:43
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 688 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% 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: 441.41 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 188 Parallax 169 135% 174 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 172 Splatting 125 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 459 453 445 447 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 432 Mixed 422 SusWrite 450 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.5 193% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 296 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 102 103 102 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 84.8 Write 98.5 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 102 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 63%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 92 92 92 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 81.5 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 91.1 65% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 180 181 181 181 181 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 133 Write 145 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 180 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.9 268% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

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

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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