Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	90.2% 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	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 (22%). 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 20:22
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 733 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 268 Parallax 177 139% 205 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 178 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 210 201 216 152 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 219 Mixed 268 SusWrite 196 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 42.7 166% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 145 120% 169 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 115%
SSD 1TB 1TB 2,981 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 312GB free Firmware: R1017A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 101 146 187 172 5.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 349 Write 350 Mixed 322 SusWrite 139 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 6.7 DQ Mixed 0.4 22% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 209%
Toshiba DT01ABA100 1TB 605 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 621GB free Firmware: MU2OA720 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 128 130 130 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 104 Write 109 Mixed 31 SusWrite 128 67% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 397GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 181 183 190 191 184 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 154 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 185 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 112%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 59GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 3.7 3.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 4.2 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 3.7 6% 5.72 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 95%

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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	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $129Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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