Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 11:58
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 699 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 108 Parallax 99.2 80% 102 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 97 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 387 186 97 97 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 377 Write 397 Mixed 341 SusWrite 207 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 55.5 182% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 249 188% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 133%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 28GB free Firmware: X21100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 304 286 248 222 223 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 445 Mixed 256 SusWrite 277 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.7 165% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 158 169% 282 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 177GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 203 203 203 198 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 335 Mixed 259 SusWrite 205 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.8 175% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 224 193% 289 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 4,269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 113%

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

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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 $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