Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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 (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 00:35
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 212 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 492 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 64.8 64% 72.9 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 68.6 54% 66.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 211 61 61 59 61 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 471 Mixed 387 SusWrite 148 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 64.3 219% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 265% 346 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 267GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 69 89 88 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 100 Mixed 94 SusWrite 85.1 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 76%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 4GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 0057 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 11 11 11 9.8 11 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	5.04% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 6.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 10 11% 8.77 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.04% Great: 6%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 8GB 820 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 8GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Read 26.2 Write 6.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 7.7 13% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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 $160Bench 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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,023

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $46

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