Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	281% 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.

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

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '20 at 19:40
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$170 588,978 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 (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 250 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 696 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8676) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 176 Parallax 190 141% 180 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 156 Splatting 131 125% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 944 922 928 611 541 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,182 Write 1,082 Mixed 629 SusWrite 841 261% 1,184 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 86.8 287% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,322 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 1,100 845% 1,154 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 246%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 103GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 159 159 162 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 401 Write 214 Mixed 238 SusWrite 158 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 46.3 163% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 169 137% 195 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 416GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 443 445 453 456 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 451 Mixed 292 SusWrite 443 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 37.4 142% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 67.8 130% 260 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
WD WD10EARX-00N0YB0 1TB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 494GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 69 Write 67.7 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 109 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 18,141 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 126%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,604x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16