Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.8% 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	79.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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 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 (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 270 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 779 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 73 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 69.6 60% 73.8 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 63.7 57% 71 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 326 334 321 319 305 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 334 Write 352 Mixed 252 SusWrite 320 71% 314 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 35.5 118% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 217 160% 209 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 338GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 134 133 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 161 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 134 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

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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	4,567x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
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	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16