Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	239% 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 17:14
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 757 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 58.8 Parallax 124 67% 88.5 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 75.8 62% 75.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 890 867 844 707 646 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,113 Write 916 Mixed 733 SusWrite 805 252% 1,141 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 60.3 244% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 380 364% 595 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 243%
Patriot Blast 480GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 399GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 385 143 174 174 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 493 Mixed 370 SusWrite 248 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 42.6 160% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 198 186% 289 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 25GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 410 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 62 210% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
PNY SSD2SC240G5LC709 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 215GB free Firmware: 560A SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.2% Poor	Read 345 Write 91.3 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 3 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 3.1 52% 12 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 638GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 86 86 84 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 85.5 Write 83.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 85.2 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3600 C18 4x4GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 44.7 MC Mixed 35.9 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 49.6 SC Mixed 33.2 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 118%

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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	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16