Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	108% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 07:54
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 617 82% 611 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 153 Parallax 134 116% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,107 Write 1,322 Mixed 474 284% 1,301 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 53.2 244% 98.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,029 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 944 732% 1,000 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 47GB free Firmware: 1.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 286 306 307 307 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 309 Mixed 268 SusWrite 295 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 43 157% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 206 189% 291 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 98%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 508GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 123 129 125 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 125 Write 78.7 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 126 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 167GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 132 Mixed 104 SusWrite 107 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 237% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 29.2 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 31 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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