Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 11:16
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 795 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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: 2730 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 175 Parallax 166 130% 166 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 164 Splatting 117 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 503ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 106 106 111 107 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 367 Write 148 Mixed 180 SusWrite 110 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 35.5 148% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 89.1 87% 138 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 81%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 76GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 93 99 77 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 386 Write 53.5 Mixed 192 SusWrite 86.9 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 44.2 169% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 98.2 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 77.6 65% 93.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 64GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 89 89 82 90 88 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 118 Write 49 Mixed 69 SusWrite 87 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 35.1 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 32.5 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

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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	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
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	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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