Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 21:35
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 96.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 192 79% 133 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 344 39% 307 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 133 107% 136 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 140 Splatting 121 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC11.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 212 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42 149% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 70.1 DQ Mixed 59 82% 158 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 58GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 110 113 112 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 184 Write 144 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 111 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Ultra Slim PL 2TB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 124 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 150 Write 134 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 122 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 126 125 125 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 83.7 Write 90.2 Mixed 72 SusWrite 124 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.9 220% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,707 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 29.9 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 104%

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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	4,543x
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