Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.1% 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	90% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 23:28
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 703 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% 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 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 138 Parallax 131 102% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 90% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 248 248 243 233 236 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 253 Mixed 251 SusWrite 246 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 34.5 140% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 216 189% 284 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 129%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 102GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 413 120 144 180 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 864 Write 549 Mixed 638 SusWrite 277 130% 582 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 48.7 176% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 527 DQ Mixed 461 362% 499 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 144%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 318GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 64 67 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 86 SusWrite 65.6 71% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 84%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 6GB free, PID 0803 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 128 Write 43.7 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 36.7 60% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 102% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 115%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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