Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 01:46
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 178 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 440 47% 376 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1760 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 107 86% 107 fps	MRender 87.4 Gravity 90 Splatting 83.6 71% 87 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 356 Write 375 Mixed 285 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 44.8 149% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 248 187% 251 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 83 84 85 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 85.2 Write 88.2 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 83.9 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 97GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 61 61 61 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 76.4 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 105%

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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	4,555x
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