Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 23:53
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 711 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 103 88% 109 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 101 Splatting 89.6 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 93 84 74 80 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 474 Mixed 393 SusWrite 141 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 58.3 191% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 167GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1647 1281 1162 1076 1024 997 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 2,344 Mixed 1,902 SusWrite 1,198 445% 1,983 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 89.7 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 1006 DQ Mixed 1,009 769% 1,039 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 410%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 806GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 182 181 175 180 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 172 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 179 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.7 213% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 914GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 112 113 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 165 Write 118 Mixed 85 SusWrite 112 154% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 170% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 2x16GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 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	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 115%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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