Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	207% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '21 at 12:18
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 258 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 744 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% 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: 461.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 744 770 760 785 781 775 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,444 Write 743 Mixed 659 SusWrite 769 201% 904 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 61.1 216% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 857 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 651 526% 744 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 208%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 351GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 364 363 368 370 372 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 345 Write 367 Mixed 318 SusWrite 365 79% 348 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 55.9 185% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 241 175% 229 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 64 62 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 130 Write 112 Mixed 91.9 SusWrite 62.3 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZSW KHX3200C16D4/8GX G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZSW 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 33 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 27.5 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $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 $178	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