Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.3% 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	323% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	19.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 01:36
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 529 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.7 84% 105 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 102 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$80 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 600GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1329 1386 1517 1519 1526 1523 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,015 Write 2,251 Mixed 1,817 SusWrite 1,467 425% 1,887 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 77.1 273% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,695 DQ Write 1,398 DQ Mixed 1,524 1,148% 1,539 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 347%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 797GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 168 167 168 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 94.8 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 167 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$81 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 196 201 202 198 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 153 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 195 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%
ST500DM002-1BD14 500GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 211GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 118 118 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 71 SusWrite 117 147% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 33.3 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 29 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	855x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	611x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,006x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	904x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	445x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	354x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $709

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353