Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '19 at 19:03
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 259 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 627 69% 546 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 117 104% 127 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 125 Splatting 102 90% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 2.5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 235 214 219 203 256 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	118% Outstanding	Read 1,768 Write 198 Mixed 343 SusWrite 222 136% 633 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 16.4 58% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 590 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 197 186% 303 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%
Samsung PM830 512GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 476GB free Firmware: 0501 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 276 279 292 296 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 370 Write 297 Mixed 214 SusWrite 284 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 18.7 65% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50 DQ Write 51 DQ Mixed 57.2 41% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 82%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 101 102 102 101 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 84.7 Write 84 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 101 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 69%
ST ST2000DM001-1ER1 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2TB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 37.3 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 38.6 49% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G 32GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 83%

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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	4,587x
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

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	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 $95	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