Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	19.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 09:59
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	72%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 519 71% 525 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% 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 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 142 Parallax 122 104% 130 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 309a SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 9.9 59 49 78 36 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 162 Write 118 Mixed 101 SusWrite 47.7 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 6.7 32% 11.1 MB/s	DQ Read 9.7 DQ Write 14.3 DQ Mixed 9.1 8% 11 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 30%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 31GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,662 Write 764 Mixed 680 226% 1,035 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 60.8 244% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1214 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 401 380% 622 MB/s
Poor: 133% Great: 247%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 953GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 116 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 118 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 113 114 113 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 150 Write 140 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 114 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 83%
Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB-$45 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 242GB free Firmware: 1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 37 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 32.4 23% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 190% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 36%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 152GB free Firmware: 4V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 96 98 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 96.7 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 93.3 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Panram PUD43000C158G2NJK 4x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 101%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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