Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	110% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '18 at 20:07
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 620 60% 494 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.8 82% 99.6 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 73.9 68% 84 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 443 412 417 357 326 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 395 Mixed 334 SusWrite 400 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 48.3 168% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 352 267% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 37GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 441 439 448 445 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 401 Mixed 275 SusWrite 442 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 44.7 170% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 299 242% 343 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 90GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 66 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 73 Write 47 Mixed 46 SusWrite 65.8 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,159 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 24 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 134%

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

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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	4,557x
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	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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