Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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	96.6% 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	97.5% 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	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 09:23
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 243 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 637 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 133 Parallax 123 99% 126 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 121 Splatting 108 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 428 251 115 100 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 467 Mixed 380 SusWrite 235 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 44.4 151% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 160GB free Firmware: GH2OA3E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 96 96 94 96 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 91 Write 96.6 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 95.5 55% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 72%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 383GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 95 95 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 126 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 94.6 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 203% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Patriot 3000 C16 Series CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 27.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 27 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 89%

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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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369