Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '19 at 05:26
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 745 80% 638 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 82.3 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 78.8 67% 83 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 70.1 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 437 461 428 434 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 442 Mixed 348 SusWrite 442 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.1 159% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 352 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Marvell Raid VD 3TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 157% 3TB free Firmware: MV.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 530 550 555 531 533 536 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 421 Mixed 111 SusWrite 539 284% 393 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 1.7 681% 5.67 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 285%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C15 Series 2x16GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 27.9 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 27.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 91%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	475x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16