Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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.
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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 19:27
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 243 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 708 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 112% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 610GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 401 442 449 450 449 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 477 Write 441 Mixed 362 SusWrite 429 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 37.5 143% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 262 216% 312 MB/s
Poor: 94% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 379GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 261 277 283 286 285 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 338 Mixed 325 SusWrite 275 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 44.6 148% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 283 213% 285 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 197GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 424 399 332 294 268 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 465 Mixed 388 SusWrite 356 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 54 182% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 626GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 242 241 242 244 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 293 Write 236 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 243 154% 213 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1.6 451% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 184%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 800GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 93.8 Mixed 32 47% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 108%
Jmicron H/W RAID1 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 135GB free Firmware: 0958 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 96 95 98 94 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 87 Mixed 60 SusWrite 95.2 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 91%
WD WD1200BEVS-75LAT0 119GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 110GB free Firmware: 02.06M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 38 39 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 38.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 38.4 27% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 21%
Hitachi HTS543212L9SA02 120GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 98GB free Firmware: FBBAC52F SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 47 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 47.5 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 47.1 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 30%
Seagate Backup+ Desk Mac 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2.5TB free, PID a0aa Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 13.8 Mixed 22 SusWrite 15.9 26% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 85% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 18%
Seagate Backup+ Desk Mac 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 378GB free, PID a0aa Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 24.5 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 17.3 33% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 79% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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	887x
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	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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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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 $184	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) $35	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