Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 21:15
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 700 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 196 Parallax 196 148% 191 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 175 Splatting 123 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S3 480GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 198 161 183 157 180 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 298 Write 205 Mixed 227 SusWrite 179 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 20.1 69% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 98.4 77% 109 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 61%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 401GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 437 308 302 294 291 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 445 Mixed 322 SusWrite 344 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 37.4 126% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 252 210% 304 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 392GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 98 94 95 96 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 98.3 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 94.5 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.3 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 44%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,544x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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