Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	300% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 18:05
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 218 88% 151 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 750 72% 595 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% 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 85E4) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2840 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 203 Parallax 198 151% 195 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 196 Splatting 134 127% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1277 1003 1002 964 969 948 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,498 Write 2,050 Mixed 1,667 SusWrite 1,027 405% 1,811 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 85.2 287% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,246 DQ Write 928 DQ Mixed 1,118 827% 1,097 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 120GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 478 412 348 305 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 477 Mixed 408 SusWrite 383 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 52.8 191% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 44GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 412 411 408 406 407 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 367 Write 414 Mixed 262 SusWrite 410 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 42 179% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 321 244% 328 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 551GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 117 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 116 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 297GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 117 122 116 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 159 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 120 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30.8 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 29.4 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 110%

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

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
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	441x
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 $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 $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