Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	167% 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	302% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '22 at 08:06
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 755 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-XT-$650 20,197 User benchmarks, average bench 171% PowerColor(148C 2406) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.12.1 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	167% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 240 Parallax 417 169% 288 fps	MRender 370 Gravity 154 Splatting 259 212% 261 fps
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 178%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 620 616 615 616 590 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,548 Write 2,359 Mixed 1,423 SusWrite 651 389% 1,745 MB/s	4K Read 67.8 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 95.5 328% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,457 DQ Write 1,186 DQ Mixed 1,283 971% 1,309 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 138GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 482 418 363 370 374 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 490 Mixed 449 SusWrite 415 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 68.9 231% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 269% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 129%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 29GB free Firmware: SBFM61.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 189 112 110 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 445 Mixed 355 SusWrite 177 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.1 175% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 215 188% 277 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 95%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 62GB free Firmware: 03.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 55 55 54 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 54.2 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$65 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28.5 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 28.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 110%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,542x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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