Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 22:58
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 565 76% 566 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 101 94% 112 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 295 284 288 282 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 444 Mixed 375 SusWrite 303 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 63.8 221% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 224GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2241 588 591 593 597 595 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,440 Write 2,185 Mixed 1,542 SusWrite 868 393% 1,759 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 94.5 324% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,854 DQ Write 1,716 DQ Mixed 1,761 1,328% 1,777 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 340%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 226GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 331 331 331 332 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 326 Mixed 282 SusWrite 329 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 44.8 169% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 182 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 889GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 218 217 216 216 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 172 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 215 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 23.8 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

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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	4,542x
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 $131	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