Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	298% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 23:23
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 252 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 761 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 192 Parallax 171 143% 180 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 173 Splatting 118 111% 137 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1137 1093 1244 1234 1221 1101 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,436 Write 2,366 Mixed 1654 SusWrite 1,172 427% 1,907 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 78.9 261% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,291 DQ Write 854 DQ Mixed 1,031 780% 1,058 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 371%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 476GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 487 489 474 487 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 482 Mixed 388 SusWrite 485 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.8 179% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Verbatim STORE N GO 2GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 0304 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.2 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.76% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 2.7 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 6.2 8% 7.07 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.76% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 115%

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

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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	4,552x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	891x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
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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Value: 68% - Good

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 $179	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