Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 18:54
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 729 70% 576 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 72.7 64% 78.7 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 67.6 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 828 854 827 264 197 195 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,074 Write 876 Mixed 581 SusWrite 527 171% 764 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50.1 177% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 430 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 358 319% 473 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 372%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$99 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 156 167 159 158 166 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 161 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 161 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.5 210% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 111%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$99 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 907GB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 165 175 177 173 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 137 Write 145 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 173 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.7 218% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 106%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,612x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	606x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	901x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	320x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16