Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% 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	113% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 20:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 620 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 193 Parallax 176 150% 184 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 351 283 286 287 284 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 442 Mixed 342 SusWrite 321 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.3 194% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 362 266% 346 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 496GB free Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 362 371 366 365 362 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 348 Write 366 Mixed 310 SusWrite 364 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 47.1 149% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 216 168% 229 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 124%
Toshib MD04ACA400 4TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 157 158 163 153 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 145 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 157 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $300	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