Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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	183% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	287% 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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.3 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	Feb 02 '21 at 03:33
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 600 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$600 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% EVGA(3842 3897) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	183% Outstanding	Lighting 267 Reflection 224 Parallax 264 217% 252 fps	MRender 296 Gravity 220 Splatting 162 178% 226 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB 15,624 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 780GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1621 1468 1469 1490 1487 1488 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 1855 Write 2,032 Mixed 1,657 SusWrite 1,504 397% 1,762 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 64.4 228% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 1,254 DQ Write 1013 DQ Mixed 1,155 859% 1,141 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 334%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 40GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 158 160 167 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 416 Write 178 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 166 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 13.1 51% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 19 DQ Mixed 20 16% 23.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 47%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4GB free Firmware: UF4004RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 430 Write 357 Mixed 160 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 16.4 75% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 36.7 49% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 56%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 644GB free Firmware: 07.06E.V SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 140 143 143 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 139 Write 133 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 142 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 116%

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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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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,561x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $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