Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	285% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '20 at 09:34
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 159 2-Core 291 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 627 73% 566 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 169 Parallax 173 147% 174 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 156 Splatting 111 123% 156 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 674 408 414 414 414 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,595 Write 2,196 Mixed 1,633 SusWrite 454 383% 1,719 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 92.3 313% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,005 DQ Write 1,540 DQ Mixed 1,164 912% 1,237 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 139GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 494 492 492 479 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 398 SusWrite 484 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 70.7 240% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 203 206 209 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 157 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 203 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 130% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 98 100 99 97 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 111 Write 103 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 97.3 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 121% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 35 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%

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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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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	840x
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 $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