Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 00:12
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 641 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 115 Parallax 217 116% 158 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 159 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 51 54 53 52 50 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 191 Write 57.9 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 52.6 22% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 32.7 116% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 82 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 68 52% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 220GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 132 132 131 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 190 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 131 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 242% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 862GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 181 179 179 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 161 Mixed 97.9 SusWrite 179 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,579x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	845x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	473x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16