Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.4% 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	29.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 18:45
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 664 71% 564 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 94 Reflection 93.6 Parallax 83.1 77% 90.2 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 90.5 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 112 45 19 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 380 Write 202 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 52.6 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 8.7 33% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 13.4 12% 18.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 56%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 153GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 57 52 49 53 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 446 Write 132 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 54 39% 179 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 39 126% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 91.5 100% 178 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 46GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 146 145 145 145 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 354 Mixed 397 SusWrite 179 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.2 195% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 175 177% 284 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 315GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 95 94 92 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 140 Write 144 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 94 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 104%

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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