Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	89.5% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '22 at 08:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 673 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 203 Parallax 199 155% 197 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 196 Splatting 134 127% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 297 293 308 309 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 360 Write 385 Mixed 360 SusWrite 310 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 44.3 144% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 247 184% 246 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,346 Write 5,549 Mixed 5,909 1,324% 5,935 MB/s	4K Read 204 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 177 616% 178 MB/s	DQ Read 1,362 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 856 701% 1,014 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 180 184 184 182 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 145 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 183 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 81%

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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