Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 16:44
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 794 85% 677 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9168 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.12% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.9 Parallax 8.8 6% 8.7 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 13.9 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.12% Great: 7%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 7,712 Write 49.5 Mixed 99 544% 2,620 MB/s	4K Read 828 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 3.7 1,259% 277 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 71%
Liteon LCH-128V2S-11 2.5 7mm 128GB 1,579 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 58GB free Firmware: FC7110C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 475 Write 144 Mixed 202 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 36.2 142% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 150 124% 181 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 381GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 88.5 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C17-8GIS GEIL CL17-17-17 D4-2400 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	4,554x
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 $177	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