Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.7% 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	250% 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '19 at 18:10
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 248 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 723 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 140 Parallax 119 101% 128 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 90% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 314 313 314 313 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,441 Write 1459 Mixed 1,036 SusWrite 354 292% 1,322 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 81.7 276% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1,049 DQ Mixed 919 717% 982 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 195GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,800 Write 8,420 Mixed 8,961 2,021% 9,061 MB/s	4K Read 365 4K Write 229 4K Mixed 272 1,023% 289 MB/s	DQ Read 1,371 DQ Write 958 DQ Mixed 929 757% 1,086 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 153 153 153 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 181 Mixed 142 SusWrite 152 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDT72101 1TB 251 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 916GB free Firmware: A31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 51 SusWrite 106 67% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 178GB free Firmware: 2D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 53.2 Write 59.5 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 57.4 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 30.9 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

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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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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