Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	49.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 02:06
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 228 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 660 72% 568 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 105% 130 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 112 Splatting 103 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,028 Write 888 Mixed 668 260% 1,195 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 58.4 232% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,213 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 445 407% 650 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 128GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 276 276 276 278 277 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 346 Write 374 Mixed 305 SusWrite 286 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 51.5 178% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 174 150% 221 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 122 119 119 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 119 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 456GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 66 68 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 33.7 Write 30.5 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 67.6 28% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 43%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 633GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 153 152 156 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 153 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB-$530 133 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 147%

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

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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