Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '18 at 12:23
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 (23^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 221 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 570 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 147 Parallax 132 105% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 127 Splatting 109 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 185 130 118 90 120 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 483 Write 436 Mixed 217 SusWrite 141 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 36.2 121% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 226 195% 289 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 103%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 314 279 330 311 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 327 Mixed 312 SusWrite 311 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 42.6 161% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 180 154% 220 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 97%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 149GB free Firmware: 13.01A13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 58 63 60 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 61 Write 62.2 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 60.6 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 787GB free Firmware: CA13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 61 66 63 65 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 100 Write 96.3 Mixed 55 SusWrite 63.2 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 332GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 86 94 91 92 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 69.7 Write 72.2 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 90.7 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 818GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 114 120 117 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 57 SusWrite 118 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.3 404% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 985GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 95 91 102 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 97.8 Write 99.7 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 96.1 124% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 112% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 60%
BUFFALO External HDD 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 369GB free, PID 0105 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 33 36 35 35 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 22.5 Mixed 33 SusWrite 34.7 43% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 22%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 249GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 38 43 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 42 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 40.4 50% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 51%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID 6364 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 9.6 8.5 9.9 8.9 9.6 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 16.2 Mixed 17 SusWrite 9.7 20% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 42% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.49% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CM4X8GC3000C15K4 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 96%

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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	4,558x
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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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 $178	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