Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 15:09
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 703 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 72.1 64% 77.4 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 73 Splatting 64.3 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 200 197 201 203 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 353 Write 302 Mixed 276 SusWrite 199 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 37.2 147% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 118 93% 123 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 318GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 212 213 213 213 215 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 376 Write 391 Mixed 343 SusWrite 212 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 45 162% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 144 118% 166 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 18GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 361 Mixed 293 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.2 169% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 74.4 125% 244 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 861GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 127 129 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 113 Mixed 71 SusWrite 128 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 104%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 148 148 146 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 132 Write 127 Mixed 84 SusWrite 146 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 112%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 958GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 103 103 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 103 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 508GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 133 133 134 134 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 101 Mixed 75 SusWrite 131 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 99%

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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	4,542x
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