Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	209% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (48%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 12:29
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	48%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 144 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 792 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 203 Parallax 182 142% 187 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 179 Splatting 130 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 268 267 264 264 263 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1991 Write 1,381 Mixed 564 SusWrite 307 234% 1,061 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 51.8 216% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,070 DQ Write 984 DQ Mixed 696 613% 917 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 107GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 461 419 405 333 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 492 Mixed 398 SusWrite 396 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 64.9 218% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 106GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 275 275 276 275 275 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 361 Write 377 Mixed 314 SusWrite 286 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 51.8 178% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 175 151% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 128 128 130 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 127 Write 43.5 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 130 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 75%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 918GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 112 111 112 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 128 Write 105 Mixed 85 SusWrite 111 142% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.4% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 17.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 80%

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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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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,561x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $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