Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	186% 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '19 at 04:52
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 601 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 146 114% 145 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 135 Splatting 94.2 87% 108 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 760 510 499 487 485 477 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,800 Write 1,593 Mixed 641 SusWrite 536 254% 1,143 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 48.9 166% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 805 DQ Write 555 DQ Mixed 690 512% 683 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 254%
Corsai Force GT 240GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 148GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 211 206 209 206 205 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 430 Write 252 Mixed 289 SusWrite 209 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 36.5 123% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 173 156% 238 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 93%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 154 155 156 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 123 Write 97 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 155 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 66GB free Firmware: JP2OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 83 80 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 86.7 Write 88.5 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 83.2 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 18.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 125%

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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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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $134	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