Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	158% 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	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 13:26
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 797 77% 636 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 219 Reflection 240 Parallax 244 178% 234 fps	MRender 261 Gravity 215 Splatting 139 160% 205 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 102 89 101 52 48 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 476 Write 194 Mixed 243 SusWrite 94.7 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 21.3 134% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 58.5 63% 105 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 72%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 14GB free Firmware: 000F Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 450 Write 267 Mixed 250 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 16.8 127% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 23.2 70% 148 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 74%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 321GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 72 74 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 117 Write 122 Mixed 112 SusWrite 72.5 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 119%

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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