Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 04:46
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 696 76% 601 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94% 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 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 200 Parallax 201 155% 197 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 185 Splatting 126 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM11.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 983 592 597 598 598 597 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,440 Write 1,891 Mixed 1,394 SusWrite 661 303% 1,346 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 76.5 285% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1294 DQ Write 1,121 DQ Mixed 1,182 893% 1,199 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 262%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 160GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 362 150 175 179 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 473 Mixed 378 SusWrite 251 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.4 167% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 196 184% 286 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 378 388 387 383 378 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 354 Write 301 Mixed 70 SusWrite 380 199% 276 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 254% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 236%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 154 147 145 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 122 Write 147 Mixed 113 SusWrite 150 185% 133 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 213% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.5 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

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	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16