Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	22 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '22 at 04:18
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$230 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 741 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 177 Parallax 168 130% 168 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 167 Splatting 117 110% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,290 Write 823 Mixed 1,227 317% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 84 280% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,095 DQ Mixed 1,011 768% 1,027 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 67GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 371 303 298 279 266 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 382 Mixed 460 SusWrite 331 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 64.7 220% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 174GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 306 300 309 296 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 462 Mixed 374 SusWrite 321 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 66.1 229% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 64GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 49GB free, PID 0181 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 18 21 21 21 20 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 20.9 Write 19.9 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 18.9 27% 19.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.4 222% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 19.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 110%

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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	4,570x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16