Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	163% 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.
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 18:57
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 662 71% 564 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$450 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Asus(1043 880E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 4900 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 247 Reflection 214 Parallax 205 201% 222 fps	MRender 233 Gravity 154 Splatting 124 134% 170 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 199 200 194 187 199 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 335 Write 339 Mixed 300 SusWrite 197 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 38.8 132% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 217 170% 234 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 347GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 201 203 200 204 202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 324 Write 344 Mixed 319 SusWrite 202 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 45.4 151% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 239 180% 242 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 129%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 63GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 380 383 380 348 368 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 368 Write 377 Mixed 349 SusWrite 372 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 28.1 90% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 185 136% 178 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 28.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 29.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 120%

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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	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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