Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 03:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 803 78% 641 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 116 Parallax 112 95% 115 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 116 Splatting 97 102% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,131 Write 1,378 Mixed 507 293% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 56.8 245% 98.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,109 DQ Write 1,066 DQ Mixed 681 623% 952 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 59GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 222 198 173 107 150 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 481 Mixed 188 SusWrite 172 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 26.6 163% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 131 140% 230 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 175 173 174 165 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 191 Mixed 93 SusWrite 173 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 125 127 127 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 124 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.4 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 33.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%

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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	4,542x
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 $499Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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