Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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.
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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 00:32
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 239 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 649 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8662) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 161 Parallax 153 134% 160 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 147 Splatting 105 115% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 288 304 242 301 241 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 366 Mixed 337 SusWrite 288 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 45.3 166% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 196 175% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 130GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 257 258 258 258 258 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 292 Mixed 339 SusWrite 277 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.7 218% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 237 212% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 157GB free Firmware: SAFC11.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 97 104 124 144 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 145 Write 243 Mixed 362 SusWrite 126 50% 219 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 8.4 114% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 78.9 127% 244 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 21GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 219 70 0.5 5.5 9.7 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.8% Good	Read 269 Write 115 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 120 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 36.6 89% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 179 169% 261 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 16.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 91%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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 $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 $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