Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 05:54
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 151 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 764 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 130 Parallax 134 100% 129 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 112 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 401 Mixed 326 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 56.9 210% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 175 182% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 82GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 276 286 291 291 277 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 366 Write 376 Mixed 334 SusWrite 256 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 53.2 179% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 249 186% 249 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 199GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 456 476 487 488 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 449 Mixed 436 SusWrite 427 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.6 218% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 350 265% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 308GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 118 116 118 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 113 Write 128 Mixed 66 SusWrite 112 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 124%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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