Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.8% 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	134% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 22:43
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 258 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 819 87% 697 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 114 Parallax 93 81% 102 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 96 Splatting 99.9 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 414 483 489 490 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 490 Mixed 449 SusWrite 443 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 65.5 226% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 357 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 315 317 316 318 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 494 Mixed 411 SusWrite 313 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 66 229% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 538GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 192 197 197 196 197 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 85.7 Write 135 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 193 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.6 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 80%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	345x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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