Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 12:17
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 193 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 564 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89% Excellent	Lighting 98 Reflection 133 Parallax 122 80% 118 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 163 Splatting 117 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 87 90 87 92 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 445 Write 400 Mixed 288 SusWrite 118 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 38.6 128% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 302 237% 328 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 42GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 115 114 114 116 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 194 Write 143 Mixed 83 SusWrite 115 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 132GB free Firmware: CC92 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 90 81 85 86 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 91 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 86.8 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 1x16GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.9% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 10.4 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 50%

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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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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	4,559x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
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: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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