Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 09:26
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 810 80% 656 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.1% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 97.4 Parallax 88.2 76% 92.8 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 85.7 Splatting 79.3 68% 83.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 283 278 260 261 262 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 347 Write 379 Mixed 292 SusWrite 270 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 52.3 172% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 247 186% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 416GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 91 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.3 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 92 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 29.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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