Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	303% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 05:34
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 304 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 829 84% 679 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1614 MHz, MLim: 1792 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.3% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2106 700 586 588 593 590 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,568 Write 2,314 Mixed 1467 SusWrite 860 402% 1,802 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 90.5 307% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,253 DQ Write 1,128 DQ Mixed 1,173 885% 1,185 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 340%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 198GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 387 388 388 387 387 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 499 Write 265 Mixed 289 SusWrite 387 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 28.9 111% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 153 126% 185 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 86%
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 338GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 462 461 459 460 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 467 Mixed 301 SusWrite 462 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 43.9 162% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 225 202% 306 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 145 147 147 146 146 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 106 Write 99.3 Mixed 59 SusWrite 145 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.3 402% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 94%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 149GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 121 Write 28.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 26.4 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 72%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 799GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 161 163 163 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 84.7 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 162 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 244GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 112 Write 33.3 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 15.5 36% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 72%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2012)-$45 601 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 298GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 88 87 88 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 88 Write 88.3 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 87.8 56% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 55%
Lexar CF USB_3_0 Read 2GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	4.31% Terrible	Read 11 Write 5.3 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 7.6 9% 7.35 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.31% Great: 7%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 60GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 6.8 9.7 7.8 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 10 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 9.1 20% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.4 158% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 39%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 128GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 77GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 20 4 0 11 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 16.3 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 12 26% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 47%

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 @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 29.3 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 32.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
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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Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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