Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 13:41
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 672 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.8 91% 108 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 93.5 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 Series 120GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 53 61 59 60 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 337 Write 69.5 Mixed 100 SusWrite 59 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 17.9 100% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 84.3 DQ Mixed 46.9 77% 156 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 70%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 68GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 419 448 447 443 366 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 443 Mixed 425 SusWrite 428 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 48.2 178% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 237 212% 319 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%
Toshib DT01ACA200 2TB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 330GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 126 121 126 129 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 152 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 127 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 105%

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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 $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