Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.1% 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	238% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 20:53
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 207 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 620 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6471 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.12 7% 9.33 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.6 39% 49 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 61.8 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1080 825 801 779 669 579 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,785 Write 1,596 Mixed 1,520 SusWrite 789 319% 1,422 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 65 230% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 983 DQ Mixed 1,069 802% 1,071 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 284%
OCZ Agility 4 256GB-$90 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 80GB free Firmware: 1.5.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 169 172 171 178 171 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.3% Good	Read 232 Write 183 Mixed 153 SusWrite 173 42% 185 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 25.5 107% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 186 139% 184 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 419GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 383 353 343 379 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 432 Mixed 367 SusWrite 364 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 55.4 183% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 260 223% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 126%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 134 132 140 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 76.5 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 136 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$92 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 23.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 113%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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