Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 99% 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	289% 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 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '22 at 03:01
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	7%

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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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 134 2-Core 245 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 670 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2546 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 158 Parallax 147 126% 153 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 158 Splatting 132 112% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 495,311 User benchmarks, average bench 275% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1073 846 822 801 763 746 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,520 Write 2,278 Mixed 1,723 SusWrite 842 411% 1,841 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 91.3 303% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,099 DQ Write 785 DQ Mixed 904 686% 930 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 346%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 178GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 474 475 474 474 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 465 Mixed 389 SusWrite 473 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 57.7 190% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
WDC WD10 PURX-64E5EY0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 606GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 131 130 131 131 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.4% Above average	Read 122 Write 115 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 131 153% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%
ST1000LM 048-2E7172 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 579GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 82 75 82 77 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 77.6 Write 130 Mixed 103 SusWrite 79.1 138% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 82% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 30.9 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 30.9 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 128%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,641x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	858x
Core i7-7700KIntel $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,007x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	906x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	479x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	445x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $702

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