Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	155% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 17:10
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	19%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 678 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Lighting 244 Reflection 190 Parallax 195 198% 210 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 167 Splatting 120 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,129 Write 1,377 Mixed 508 293% 1,338 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 50.8 218% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,021 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 649 571% 855 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 41GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 138 143 139 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 424 Write 146 Mixed 205 SusWrite 134 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41 159% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 126 106% 156 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 48GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 58 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 70.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 58.2 47% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 212GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 70 70 69 70 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 84.2 Write 86.2 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 69.2 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.5% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 103%

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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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Gaming 86%

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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	4,556x
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	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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