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Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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.
Boot Drive	195% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 19:37
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$127 588,978 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 (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 767 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$237 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 199 Parallax 181 149% 187 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$150 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 532 521 494 494 468 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1718 Write 839 Mixed 607 SusWrite 513 202% 919 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 50.9 211% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,087 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 377 359% 585 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 243%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$89 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 110GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 120 125 124 125 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 356 Write 136 Mixed 180 SusWrite 121 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 28.5 119% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 127 101% 143 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$35 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 90 86 88 102 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 43.2 Write 37.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 87.3 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 70%
Intenso Rainbow Line 32GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 12GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 12 8.4 11 11 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Read 1 Write 0.7 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 9.8 7% 4.25 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$40 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 31.3 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,822x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	894x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	633x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,044x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	940x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	501x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	462x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	334x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	189x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	362x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	275x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	141x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

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