Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 163% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 141% UFO


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	162% 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	386% 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	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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 22:20
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 853 88% 708 Pts	64-Core 849 52% 849 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4200 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Lighting 238 Reflection 216 Parallax 207 194% 221 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 162 Splatting 142 143% 181 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2195 2340 2356 2393 2364 2024 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	386% Outstanding	Read 2,523 Write 2,411 Mixed 1,408 SusWrite 2,278 484% 2,155 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 79.6 275% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,319 DQ Write 1,422 DQ Mixed 1,303 999% 1,348 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 386% Great: 425%
Samsung 850 EVO 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 260GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 476 477 477 477 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 477 Mixed 401 SusWrite 476 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 52.7 185% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,692 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 30.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 34.2 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%

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

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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	4,592x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	350x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16