Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	108% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150706
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '18 at 10:52
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 743 81% 640 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 198 Parallax 174 146% 184 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 155 Splatting 132 111% 136 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 232 246 253 255 248 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 427 Mixed 354 SusWrite 270 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 54.1 182% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 304GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 194 206 247 219 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 351 Write 372 Mixed 348 SusWrite 217 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 40.1 134% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 248 188% 252 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 616GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 45 44 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 163 Write 7 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 44.1 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5.5TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 155 174 130 188 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	4,566x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16