Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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.
Boot Drive	97.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 14:26
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 767 79% 635 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 162 Parallax 136 116% 147 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 144 Splatting 118 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 311 233 229 221 220 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 433 Mixed 350 SusWrite 269 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 56.7 179% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 61.5 66% 105 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 121GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 313 342 341 359 359 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 453 Write 341 Mixed 278 SusWrite 339 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 26.3 102% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 25.7 26% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 86%
Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017)-$150 40 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 104 110 113 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 104 Mixed 124 SusWrite 108 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 85 84 84 84 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 77 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 83.1 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 742GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 115 115 114 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 80 Write 84 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 114 65% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.4 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 31.3 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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 - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	845x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16