Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	270% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 17:00
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 726 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.21 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 196 Parallax 193 148% 190 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1283 316 313 315 316 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,480 Write 1,471 Mixed 858 SusWrite 476 291% 1,321 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 85.3 308% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 1,149 DQ Mixed 986 763% 1,033 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 280%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 315GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1426 1426 1427 1427 1362 1332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,070 Write 1,390 Mixed 817 SusWrite 1,400 316% 1,419 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 64.1 254% 97.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,156 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 475 432% 680 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 842GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 466 462 471 474 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 450 Mixed 404 SusWrite 469 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.3 214% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 227GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 275 275 276 275 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 453 Mixed 407 SusWrite 295 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.1 199% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 233 210% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 28.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 26.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 114%

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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 $241Bench 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