Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 04:33
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 232 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 647 62% 514 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 72.8 65% 77.8 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 73 Splatting 65.1 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 423 427 419 416 413 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 443 Mixed 337 SusWrite 418 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 45.8 159% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 327 247% 331 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 223GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 447 456 455 460 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 443 Mixed 356 SusWrite 450 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 46.5 161% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 326 248% 335 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 192GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1253 361 305 305 305 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,515 Write 1,376 Mixed 485 SusWrite 472 214% 962 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 50.7 194% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 922 DQ Mixed 649 576% 867 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 208GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 236 237 236 235 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 490 Write 240 Mixed 176 SusWrite 236 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 21.8 115% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 58.1 102% 205 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 122GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 82 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 87.2 Write 82.5 Mixed 58 SusWrite 82.4 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 116%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,107 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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