Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	387% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '21 at 06:51
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 814 83% 674 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 195 Parallax 190 144% 187 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 188 Splatting 129 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2050 2019 2012 1991 1944 1926 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 2,604 Write 2,092 Mixed 1,250 SusWrite 1,990 444% 1,984 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 91.8 329% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,461 DQ Write 1,236 DQ Mixed 1315 994% 1,337 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 157GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 291 290 291 291 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 452 Mixed 374 SusWrite 309 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 66.8 231% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 195 196 197 199 199 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 4,066 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 35.2 116% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 49 SC Mixed 35.1 103% 35.9 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 121%

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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	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16