Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	297% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 18:20
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 150 2-Core 303 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 584 80% 593 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 146 Parallax 134 111% 139 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 567GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 947 Write 861 Mixed 818 195% 875 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 14.7 88% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 92.8 99% 154 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 541%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,612 Write 1,912 Mixed 1,864 472% 2,129 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 38.9 209% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 38.6 104% 220 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 353%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 119GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21292 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1144 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 71 71 899 (AE) Unknown 99 99 116 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 380 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 34 33 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 115136 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44578 (F2) Unknown 99 99 16956	156% Outstanding	Read 1,356 Write 641 Mixed 867 210% 954 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 37.9 170% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 25.5 86% 189 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 188%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 395GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 212 Mixed 178 148% 197 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 5.09 4K Mixed 0.54 191% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 213%
Patriot Memory 127GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 88GB free, PID 6000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 34.5 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%

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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	4,574x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16