Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 20:01
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 656 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 144 Parallax 144 106% 139 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 141 Splatting 121 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC11.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 150 Mixed 366 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 40.1 123% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 112 124% 213 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 58GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 111 112 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 184 Write 151 Mixed 89 SusWrite 111 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Ultra Slim PL 2TB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 124 121 121 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 117 Write 140 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 122 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 126 126 125 125 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 132 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 124 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 198% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,707 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 29.3 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 104%

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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	4,546x
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