Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.8% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 13:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 260 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 741 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 57.2 Parallax 114 66% 84 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 72.9 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 178 190 155 94 111 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 174 Mixed 285 SusWrite 144 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 44.8 172% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 152 152% 249 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 42GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 97 98 97 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 85.2 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 96.8 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 109%
WDC WD10 03FZEX-00K3CA0 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 623GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 40 Write 39 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 4.4 37% 29 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 138% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 71%
WDC WD80 EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 7.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 35 35 35 35 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.3% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 37 Mixed 35 SusWrite 34.5 50% 37 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 36%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 64GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 15GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 62 61 75 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 86.7 Write 13.8 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 64.7 52% 44.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 2 131% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 32.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 30.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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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	4,587x
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 $94Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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