Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	379% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 04:10
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 266 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 725 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 146 Parallax 144 122% 147 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 135 Splatting 98.9 108% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 879GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2165 2054 1560 1542 1555 1533 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	379% Outstanding	Read 2,594 Write 2,372 Mixed 1,791 SusWrite 1,735 476% 2,123 MB/s	4K Read 70.3 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 101 347% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 1,496 DQ Write 1,291 DQ Mixed 1367 1,032% 1,384 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 379% Great: 410%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 2TB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1473 1501 1494 1508 1507 1608 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 1,505 Write 1,544 Mixed 1,077 SusWrite 1,515 318% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 83.9 295% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 959 DQ Write 919 DQ Mixed 318 410% 732 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 282%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 446GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 477 476 479 479 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 461 Mixed 334 SusWrite 476 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.6 169% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 318 241% 324 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 105 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 74 Mixed 73 SusWrite 102 65% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 123%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
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	441x
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 $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 $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