Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	276% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 17:34
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 127 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 700 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8676) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 166 Parallax 166 132% 165 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 144 Splatting 123 120% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 455GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1252 940 934 949 536 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,241 Write 1,380 Mixed 1,178 SusWrite 846 314% 1,411 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 90.6 294% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1277 DQ Write 639 DQ Mixed 281 389% 732 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 246%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 102GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 162 151 168 158 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 357 Write 235 Mixed 254 SusWrite 158 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.5 166% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 156 134% 198 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 416GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 457 456 453 394 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 397 Mixed 289 SusWrite 419 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 37.4 126% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 68.5 130% 260 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 110%
WD WD10EARX-00N0YB0 1TB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 494GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 112 111 112 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 68.3 Write 66.4 Mixed 78 SusWrite 110 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 18,141 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 126%

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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 $242Bench 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 $134	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