Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	143% 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	371% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 11:57
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$272 482,067 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 248 92% 158 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 681 69% 544 Pts	64-Core 676 45% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$770 146,703 User benchmarks, average bench 138% EVGA(3842 3288) ≥ 4GB; 08g-p4-3288-kr CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	143% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 170 Parallax 173 153% 177 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 156 Splatting 110 131% 155 fps
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 151%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 177,085 User benchmarks, average bench 328% 859GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1719 1757 1832 1535 1536 1537 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	371% Outstanding	Read 2,674 Write 2506 Mixed 1,859 SusWrite 1,653 488% 2,173 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 99.1 329% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,427 DQ Write 1,292 DQ Mixed 1,293 988% 1,338 MB/s
Poor: 239% ↑ This bench: 371% Great: 377%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$85 80,058 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 174 176 176 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 94.5 Write 119 Mixed 89 SusWrite 172 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 78,258 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 166 166 167 166 165 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 140 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 165 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$68 410,083 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3GB free Firmware: CC26 Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 131 Write 92.2 Mixed 73.7 74% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 115%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 37,667 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 22GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 90.8 Mixed 8.5 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 34% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 704 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 29.4 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 99%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $272Bench 84%, 482,067 samples	5,402x
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	1,236x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 88%, 484,815 samples	647x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	1,253x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,029,341 samples	1,190x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 136%, 604,866 samples	701x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	709x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 104%, 744,297 samples	523x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 115%, 336,749 samples	224x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples	533x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 78%, 86,064 samples	184x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $208	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16