Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% 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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 08:34
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 122 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 472 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.3% Good	Lighting 57.3 Reflection 155 Parallax 146 47% 119 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 139 Splatting 115 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 215 197 186 192 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,350 Write 359 Mixed 498 SusWrite 206 132% 603 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 43.5 151% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 414 343% 514 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 283%
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 148GB free Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 279 297 323 340 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 837 Write 843 Mixed 758 SusWrite 335 156% 693 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43.5 157% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 891 DQ Write 559 DQ Mixed 675 516% 708 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 170%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 217GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 363 325 323 322 322 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 378 Mixed 300 SusWrite 338 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 37.3 133% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 346 264% 356 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 123%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 73GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 99 101 101 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 150 Write 120 Mixed 127 SusWrite 98.1 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 28.4 112% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 111 87% 121 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 20.7 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 103%

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

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Desktop 87%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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