Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 15:08
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$89 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 423 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 125 Parallax 131 111% 131 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 131 Splatting 103 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 119GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 249 300 295 294 312 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 310 Write 363 Mixed 247 SusWrite 285 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 35.7 128% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 231 173% 232 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 726GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 37 75 89 91 70 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 93 Write 96.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 67.7 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS545050B9S 500GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 69GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 40.2 50% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB-$48 7,720 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 80%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16