Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	236% 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 (31%). 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 20:08
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 595 79% 590 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 199 Parallax 184 152% 190 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 184 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 919 880 903 639 498 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,066 Write 915 Mixed 692 SusWrite 789 246% 1,116 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 60.1 245% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 375 358% 582 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 475 485 492 492 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 472 Mixed 390 SusWrite 472 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 65.8 235% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 333 258% 352 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 5GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 88.8 Write 93.7 Mixed 73 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 113 113 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 111 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 392GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 144 145 144 143 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 149 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 143 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3090 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 36.2 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 33.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $295	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