Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 00:21
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 510 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 58.8 55% 63.8 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 52 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 49 53 51 50 51 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 254 Write 102 Mixed 285 SusWrite 77.7 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 25.1 126% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 164 156% 239 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 100%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 240GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 86 85 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 26.7 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 85.3 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 28 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 107%

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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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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	4,544x
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 $275	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