Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	24.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 08:30
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 87.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 258 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 782 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 154 Parallax 147 125% 152 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 67.6 61% 73 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 72 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 55 55 58 31 65 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.7% Poor	Read 17.5 Write 41.4 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 50 10% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 8.3 59% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 2.9 26% 62.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 55%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 57GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 150 153 151 136 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 448 Write 446 Mixed 350 SusWrite 168 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 38.5 153% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 307 220% 279 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 94 92 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 93 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 92.3 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 84%
StoreJet Transcend 3TB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 43 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-075.A00G Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 46%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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