Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.2% 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	117% 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	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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 23:19
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 435 57% 431 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 64.4 60% 70.9 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 271 276 277 276 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 471 Mixed 357 SusWrite 283 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 60.5 206% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 341 258% 347 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 586GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 100 103 104 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 91.7 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 102 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2720 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 31.6 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 91%

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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	4,546x
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