Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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.
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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 10:34
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 526 72% 533 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 147 Parallax 135 106% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,828 Write 1,671 Mixed 603 302% 1,367 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 64.3 253% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,038 DQ Write 1,357 DQ Mixed 880 753% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 84GB free Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 391 446 453 454 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 438 Mixed 328 SusWrite 405 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.3 147% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 253 213% 310 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 101GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 134 129 130 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 125 Write 206 Mixed 164 SusWrite 126 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 32 142% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 161 130% 184 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%
WD WD2500JD-00HBC0 4TB 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 179 182 182 179 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 114 Write 133 Mixed 66 SusWrite 178 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 207% 2.1 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 34.6 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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