Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '18 at 23:42
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	96%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 498 61% 467 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 65.5 62% 72.6 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 68.4 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 199 180 179 176 176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 435 Mixed 381 SusWrite 203 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 41.9 140% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 473GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 195 191 195 195 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 130 Write 116 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 192 84% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 111%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 357GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 83.7 Write 68.4 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 78.2 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 915GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 91 93 92 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 85.2 Write 96.3 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 91.9 60% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 58%
Jmicron Generic 4TB 225 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 9201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 130 132 133 134 134 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 150 Mixed 130 SusWrite 131 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.7 273% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 106%

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 @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 34.4 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.5 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%

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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	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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