Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 12:42
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 742 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.1% Average	Lighting 54.5 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 51.3 44% 56 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 54 Splatting 70.5 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 511GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 677 502 495 498 118 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 930GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 346 334 350 353 344 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 118 Mixed 202 SusWrite 347 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 46.4 149% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 186 160% 242 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 126%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 103 114 114 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 141 Write 96.2 Mixed 16 SusWrite 109 65% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 161% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33.6 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 32.3 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%

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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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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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