Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	86.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '22 at 09:43
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	87%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 99.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 190 82% 136 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 629 70% 552 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2499 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 155 Parallax 143 122% 149 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 153 Splatting 130 108% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 269 276 286 284 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 1,075 Write 865 Mixed 618 SusWrite 305 159% 716 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 18.5 60% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 214 141% 165 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 280%
ST1000LM 048-2E7172 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 684GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 110 105 110 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 99.5 Write 136 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 108 146% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 44%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 111 108 112 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 194 Write 193 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 107 185% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 71% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 28.8 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 27 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 39.6 101% 39.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 128%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	849x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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