Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.4% 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	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 (62%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 01:19
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 269 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 745 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 86% 107 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 87.3 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 84 140 52 59 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 631 Write 303 Mixed 400 SusWrite 94.1 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 49.2 188% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 175 146% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 453GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 305 301 294 291 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 413 Mixed 271 SusWrite 304 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.6 170% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 250 210% 304 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 28GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 136 91 84 96 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 505 Write 457 Mixed 197 SusWrite 148 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 45.1 147% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 187 170% 260 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%
USB DISK Pro 16GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 4223 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 3.3 3.7 2.8 3.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Read 14 Write 1.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 3.1 6% 6.03 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,555x
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

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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