Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '18 at 20:35
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 216 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 603 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 74.2 66% 79.9 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 67 59% 73.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 121 111 118 120 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	66% Good	Read 297 Write 148 Mixed 144 SusWrite 124 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 29.6 122% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 65.2 87% 164 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 89%
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 789GB free Firmware: CS221017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 356 374 373 374 375 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 356 Write 376 Mixed 307 SusWrite 369 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 35.5 127% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 158 143% 218 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 111%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 136GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 339 337 337 337 334 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 326 Mixed 186 SusWrite 337 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 30.9 134% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 66 106% 210 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 89%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 144 143 145 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 84 SusWrite 144 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 89%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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