Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	116% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 01:22
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 133 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 614 65% 519 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 188 Parallax 168 145% 178 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 178 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 466 361 306 224 195 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 468 Mixed 403 SusWrite 334 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 57.6 195% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 74GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 176 178 188 178 186 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 364 Write 184 Mixed 213 SusWrite 182 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 15.2 103% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29 47% 91.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 136GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 320 319 317 316 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 447 Mixed 406 SusWrite 333 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.3 207% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 128GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 104 95 102 116 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 129 Write 99.2 Mixed 106 SusWrite 105 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 115%

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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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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	4,555x
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	991x
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	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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