Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.1% 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	119% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 03:20
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$291 611,852 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 270 98% 171 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 784 82% 643 Pts	64-Core 728 49% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$138 1,295,591 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 117 94% 119 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 106 Splatting 109 86% 108 fps
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$92 890,237 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 316 271 319 309 247 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 474 Mixed 398 SusWrite 308 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.3 208% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$33 1,067,465 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 129 135 124 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 145 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 126 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$34 12,018 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 22GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 18 53 65 60 68 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 64%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$45 61,478 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3GB free Firmware: MS02 Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 96.5 Write 94.3 Mixed 51.2 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 29.3 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 32.5 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 99%

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

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $291Bench 82%, 611,852 samples	9,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel $209Bench 80%, 367,403 samples	1,995x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 86%, 615,782 samples	1,176x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 106%, 1,055,851 samples	2,039x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,295,591 samples	1,927x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $861Bench 136%, 796,429 samples	1,115x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 807,368 samples	1,100x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $92Bench 105%, 890,237 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 572,494 samples	358x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 80%, 558,010 samples	860x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 606,492 samples	554x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 70%, 101,586 samples	316x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,139

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16