Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.2% 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	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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 06:11
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 686 73% 580 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.8 78% 99.2 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 97.3 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 458GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 436 481 482 477 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 476 Mixed 401 SusWrite 451 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 53.5 192% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 102GB free Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 95 91 96 99 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 156 Write 113 Mixed 129 SusWrite 94 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 31.7 142% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 114 90% 125 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 44GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 316 315 313 317 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 450 Mixed 414 SusWrite 318 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 67.2 216% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,707 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 29.4 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 29.3 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 104%

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

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $279	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 $184	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