Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	98.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 16:22
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 568 65% 506 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 170 Parallax 140 129% 156 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 185 Splatting 131 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 101 113 116 116 90 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 383 Mixed 291 SusWrite 132 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 56.4 179% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 306 245% 344 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 186GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 172 173 171 172 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 138 Write 166 Mixed 29 SusWrite 172 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.8 341% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 29.7 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 95%

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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	4,546x
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