Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	93% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 08:59
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 546 58% 460 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2881 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 149 Parallax 139 120% 145 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 144 Splatting 123 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 408 153 107 112 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 187 Mixed 298 SusWrite 222 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 42.3 145% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 332 253% 342 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 160GB free Firmware: GH2OA3E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 93 95 95 97 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 83 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 95.4 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 72%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 383GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 132 Mixed 69 SusWrite 94.8 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Patriot 3000 C16 Series CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,616x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	607x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	901x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	320x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	352x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369