Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '20 at 15:00
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 245 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 622 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1306) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 150 Parallax 147 126% 150 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 134 Splatting 99.2 106% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 102 78 125 42 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 395 Write 190 Mixed 276 SusWrite 92.2 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 23.3 110% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 26.8 64% 133 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 404GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 436 441 462 467 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 437 Mixed 379 SusWrite 444 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 56.1 188% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Adata SE800 1TB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 807GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 359 363 377 382 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 356 Write 389 Mixed 365 SusWrite 364 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 34.3 114% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 179 131% 170 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 89%
Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 750GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 566GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 34.8 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 41.1 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 2x8GB 11,591 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 101%

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Desktop 87%

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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	4,577x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	845x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16