Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	120% 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

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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 01:41
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 832 82% 668 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 150 Parallax 126 116% 140 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 99 257 109 108 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 875 Write 538 Mixed 582 SusWrite 195 122% 548 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 50 180% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 326 269% 376 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 157%
PNY XLR8 120GB-$150 48 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 96GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 73 70 86 83 88 MB/s Performing below potential (93^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.4% Above average	Read 166 Write 109 Mixed 146 SusWrite 82.2 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 30.6 132% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 111 89% 124 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 39%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 153GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,530 Write 8,212 Mixed 8,426 1,944% 8,723 MB/s	4K Read 599 4K Write 335 4K Mixed 413 1,615% 449 MB/s	DQ Read 1,410 DQ Write 1,046 DQ Mixed 1091 853% 1,182 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
Kingston DataTraveler G2 32GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 30GB free, PID 1624 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	4.31% Terrible	Read 13 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.3 7% 6.52 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.31% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2727 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 28.5 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 29.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16