Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 582 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Lighting 53.1 Reflection 53.5 Parallax 62.8 43% 56.5 fps	MRender 53.4 Gravity 48.2 Splatting 38.5 37% 46.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 76GB free Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,657 Write 1,464 Mixed 1,323 330% 1,481 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 70.1 256% 99.4 MB/s	DQ Read 861 DQ Write 1,189 DQ Mixed 802 668% 951 MB/s
Poor: 141% Great: 228%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 16GB free Firmware: 1.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 59 62 63 64 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 174 Write 77 Mixed 104 SusWrite 62.3 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 26.7 106% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 87.7 70% 100 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 118 128 179 153 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 11 Write 49.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 150 42% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.3 243% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 758GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 107 110 110 108 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 34 SusWrite 106 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 640GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 113 124 124 123 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 104 Write 140 Mixed 71 SusWrite 121 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 155 154 157 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 106 Write 145 Mixed 110 SusWrite 155 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.8 314% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 33.2 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,606x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	605x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16