Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.8% 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	116% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '19 at 15:08
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 485 68% 504 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 127 Parallax 122 103% 125 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 121 Splatting 100 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 235 227 224 218 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 455 Mixed 376 SusWrite 248 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.9 210% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 63GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 158 170 165 157 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 75.4 Write 92.2 Mixed 26 SusWrite 163 64% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 111%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 298GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 54 54 48 60 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 92.2 Write 88.5 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 55.1 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 499GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 50 51 51 51 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 46.5 Write 24.5 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 51.1 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 32.5 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 28 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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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