Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150706
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 00:48
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 693 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Asus(1043 049E) CLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 55 Parallax 102 65% 78.8 fps	MRender 55.9 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 70.6 56% 67 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 146 136 144 148 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 476 Mixed 369 SusWrite 178 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.2 201% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 97 121 103 127 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 91 Write 94.2 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 119 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 63 64 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 69.2 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 64.4 42% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 85%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 167 170 170 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 168 Mixed 111 SusWrite 169 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 20.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 129%

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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	4,557x
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	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
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	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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

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 $179	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