Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% 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	167% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 07:39
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 244 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 597 66% 519 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 128% 66.1 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 25.9 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 503 510 528 527 557 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1468 Write 1,788 Mixed 1,152 SusWrite 610 282% 1,255 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.1 165% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 751 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 173 191% 341 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 284%
Corsair Force 3 180GB-$384 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 41GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 98 81 92 79 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 174 Write 134 Mixed 122 SusWrite 86.7 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 31 131% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 120 96% 135 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 744GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 151 142 148 149 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 143 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 147 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 314 316 315 310 310 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 1,712 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 31.9 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 25.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 130%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $130Bench 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 $52

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