Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.06% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	210% 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	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 (17%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 30 '19 at 04:25
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$170 588,978 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 (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 98.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 524 60% 470 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.06% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.62 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.06% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 592 598 579 569 565 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,982 Write 898 Mixed 720 SusWrite 609 232% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 54.9 218% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 375 340% 534 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 203GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 469 473 473 472 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 465 Mixed 385 SusWrite 472 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.3 180% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 144 149 149 144 156 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 156 Mixed 74 SusWrite 149 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 1,566 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 5406, Cruzer Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 6.8 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Read 28 Write 3.8 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 6.5 11% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 8%
WDC WD50 00AACS-00G8B1 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 198GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 40 41 40 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.5% Poor	Read 38 Write 37.5 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 40.2 49% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 31.8 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 34 96% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,603x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	999x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16