Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	128% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '19 at 20:02
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 743 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 184 Parallax 186 147% 183 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 174 Splatting 118 110% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 398 465 403 390 407 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 421 Mixed 350 SusWrite 405 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.7 221% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 158GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 289 291 287 293 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 413 Mixed 383 SusWrite 300 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 65.1 222% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 336GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 389 448 427 432 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 399 Mixed 303 SusWrite 412 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 43.3 164% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 158 159% 253 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 106%

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

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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