Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 04:39
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 264 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 462 65% 481 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1518 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 84.9 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 75.2 69% 81.4 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 67.4 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 408 446 454 459 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 452 Mixed 360 SusWrite 408 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 59.5 200% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 258GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 117 115 119 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 145 Write 155 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 117 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 28GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 38.8 Mixed 23.9 SusWrite 40.6 48% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG 4x8GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 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	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	4,551x
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	890x
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 $45Bench 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 $274	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 $183	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