Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.9% 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	250% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 00:36
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 788 86% 680 Pts	64-Core 823 51% 823 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.55% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.91 6% 9.19 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.55% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 94% 113 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 107 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1340 301 301 303 301 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,282 Write 1,404 Mixed 1,203 SusWrite 475 297% 1341 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 79.7 274% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1,033 DQ Mixed 999 754% 1,004 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 280%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 56GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 142 151 152 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 822 Write 146 Mixed 209 SusWrite 147 72% 331 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 34.9 148% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 113 91% 126 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 94%
Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 770GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 379 381 303 220 317 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 374 Write 381 Mixed 309 SusWrite 328 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 38.3 140% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 170 149% 222 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 258GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 82 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 83.7 Write 83 Mixed 60 SusWrite 83.2 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3270 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.4 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 31.7 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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