Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	155% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 17:38
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 231 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 684 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 146 Parallax 139 112% 141 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 167 187 206 205 180 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,543 Write 374 Mixed 532 SusWrite 201 144% 662 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40.7 174% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1045 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 423 368% 571 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 306GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 355 379 279 231 243 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 365 Write 375 Mixed 292 SusWrite 305 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 34.4 113% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 252 183% 236 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1TB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 135 135 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 108 Mixed 79 SusWrite 134 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 117%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 103 102 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 69 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 102 61% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 117%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 64GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 49GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 3.1 3.4 4.4 4.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	6.74% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 3.7 8% 7.98 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.2 112% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.74% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 17 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 119%

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

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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	4,555x
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	991x
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	441x
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	346x
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