Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 21:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 566 77% 571 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 151 Parallax 129 112% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,072 Write 1,288 Mixed 643 292% 1,334 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 59.7 265% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,079 DQ Write 1,134 DQ Mixed 699 638% 971 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 56GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 151 151 151 151 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 488 Mixed 424 SusWrite 185 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 64.9 229% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 115%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 396GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 174 174 173 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 174 Mixed 118 SusWrite 172 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 257% 2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 28.9 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,557x
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	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
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	346x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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