Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '21 at 01:53
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 267 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 732 71% 586 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.79 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (100 fps cap detected)	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 99.6 81% 99.6 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 99.6 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 505 Write 488 Mixed 372 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 61 214% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 233 210% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$99 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 201GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 285 275 278 280 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 482 Mixed 385 SusWrite 306 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 44.6 167% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 348 259% 344 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$40 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 15GB free Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2199 Write 1,026 Mixed 1,031 311% 1,418 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 95.6 326% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 820 DQ Write 1,067 DQ Mixed 636 566% 841 MB/s
Poor: 117% Great: 257%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 23GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 92.2 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 103 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 69%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 352GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 116 115 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 115 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 74%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 60GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 33 34 34 34 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 288 Write 32.5 Mixed 57 SusWrite 33.4 97% 103 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 3.9 372% 7.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4BL.M8FE1 4x8GB 1,948 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 134%

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

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,582x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16