Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	293% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 16:38
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 787 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2535 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 148 Parallax 118 119% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 147 Splatting 117 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$95 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1341 304 304 303 306 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,510 Write 1,466 Mixed 1,054 SusWrite 477 304% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 66 4K Write 237 4K Mixed 99.6 353% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 1,468 DQ Mixed 1,016 827% 1,154 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 280%
WDC WD10 PURX-64E5EY0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 46GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 76 75 74 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.9% Below average	Read 73 Write 74 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 74.7 94% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 109% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 54%
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 446GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 76 75 74 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	210% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 396 Mixed 352 SusWrite 74.8 394% 301 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 33 2,679% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 46.1 DQ Mixed 35 2,864% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 151% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 234%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 45.3 MC Mixed 31.8 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 48.9 SC Mixed 33.5 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 44.4 90% 44.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 128%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,638x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	857x
Core i7-7700KIntel $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,007x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	906x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	478x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	445x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $700

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353