Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92% 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	84.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	28.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 23:08
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 706 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 122 Parallax 111 98% 118 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 94.4 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 154 151 137 129 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 369 Write 374 Mixed 316 SusWrite 170 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 46.6 155% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 240 182% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 411GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 149 146 145 145 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 165 Write 146 Mixed 81 SusWrite 147 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 110 116 114 115 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 150 Write 146 Mixed 29 SusWrite 114 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$69 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 767GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 99 99 100 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 92.8 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 99 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 61%
WDC WD50 00AACS-00G8B0 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 40GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 36 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.8% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 35 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 36.9 45% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 25 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 97%

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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 - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,596x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	852x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	997x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	897x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	350x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $756

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16