Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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.
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 (30%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '20 at 18:22
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 740 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2958 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 186 Parallax 198 143% 186 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 175 Splatting 129 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,209 Write 1,454 Mixed 1,266 363% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 74.4 248% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 1,010 763% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,384 Write 9,262 Mixed 9,182 2,074% 9,276 MB/s	4K Read 726 4K Write 314 4K Mixed 421 1,805% 487 MB/s	DQ Read 1,785 DQ Write 1,092 DQ Mixed 1,214 965% 1,363 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 297 298 299 298 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 488 Mixed 426 SusWrite 314 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 58.8 195% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 301 301 301 302 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 390 Mixed 343 SusWrite 309 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 47.8 157% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 248 187% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 32.6 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 46 SC Mixed 32 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

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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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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