Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	118% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 02:15
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 240 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 757 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 156 Parallax 161 135% 161 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 142 Splatting 104 111% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 377 311 313 319 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 466 Mixed 384 SusWrite 343 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.4 198% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 80GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 115 132 125 126 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 401 Write 148 Mixed 197 SusWrite 127 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 40.8 167% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 155 118% 161 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%
TEAML5Lite3D480G 480GB 4,595 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 90GB free Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 177 157 156 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 464 Mixed 421 SusWrite 208 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 55.4 192% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 122 158% 285 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 127%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 121 122 130 132 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 89.3 Write 110 Mixed 55 SusWrite 124 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.3 259% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 29.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 105%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $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