Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 11:19
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 470 66% 490 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 75.5 63% 76.8 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 72.7 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 222 213 208 198 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 492 Mixed 402 SusWrite 234 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65.2 223% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 611GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 201 199 200 197 200 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 75.1 Write 155 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 199 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 382% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 111%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 474GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 86 86 88 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 90 SusWrite 86.7 73% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 947GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 90 90 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 57.3 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 89.4 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 58%
ST4000DM 004-2CV104 4TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 170 177 171 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 50.1 Write 133 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 167 152% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1 222% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,561x
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	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $269	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 $40	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