Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	97.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '21 at 16:45
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 270 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 668 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 256GB-$99 2,341 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3310000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 233 228 197 231 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 402 Mixed 250 SusWrite 226 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 46.3 162% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 227 189% 274 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 97%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 223GB free Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 135 137 136 137 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 104 Write 193 Mixed 176 SusWrite 138 35% 153 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 38.3 156% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 88.1 94% 156 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 67%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 463GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 484 486 486 487 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 485 Mixed 414 SusWrite 486 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 52.6 190% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 121%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 714GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 116 117 118 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 115 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 116 70% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 75%

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 (86^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.2 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 29.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.4% 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