Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '20 at 08:43
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 738 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2995 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 194 Parallax 207 161% 199 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 190 Splatting 131 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,451 Write 1330 Mixed 1,312 373% 1,697 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 84.8 288% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,023 DQ Mixed 1,009 756% 1,004 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 101GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 475 486 489 489 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 489 Mixed 470 SusWrite 480 110% 489 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.6 210% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 297 299 301 298 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 486 Mixed 423 SusWrite 316 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.5 215% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 116GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 302 301 301 301 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 393 Mixed 342 SusWrite 313 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 51.7 171% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 248 187% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 32.6 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 47.5 SC Mixed 31.9 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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