Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.1% 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	80.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 22:48
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 98 1-Core 124 2-Core 232 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 589 55% 460 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 137 Parallax 129 101% 130 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 211 206 211 207 204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 324 Write 324 Mixed 266 SusWrite 212 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 39.8 139% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 248 186% 249 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 124%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 75GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 173 176 183 191 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 450 Write 154 Mixed 217 SusWrite 181 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 12.9 106% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 29.2 74% 160 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 72%
Seagate ST2000VN0001-1SF174 2TB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 1.5TB free Firmware: AN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 195 194 196 197 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 170 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 195 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 236% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 529GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 34 36 35 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 34 Write 30.2 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 34.8 42% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GB 572 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 30.7 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 30.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 126%

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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	4,560x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
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: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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