Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	200% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 07:36
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 779 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% 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 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 214 Parallax 195 159% 201 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 193 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 459 462 446 425 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,574 Write 741 Mixed 641 SusWrite 446 188% 850 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 62.5 252% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,226 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 429 395% 636 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 243%
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 457GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 539 569 561 557 571 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 135%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1TB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 179 179 179 179 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 378GB free Firmware: AR13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 185 185 184 184 179 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 412GB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 116 116 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 105 Write 100 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 116 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 237% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 128%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 6TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 332 338 331 335 336 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 338 Write 306 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 333 192% 265 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 2 1,241% 9.83 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 262%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,092 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 30.9 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 32.1 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 117%

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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	4,576x
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