Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	236% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 13:25
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 139 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 623 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1549 617 616 632 633 618 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,750 Write 1,607 Mixed 703 SusWrite 777 270% 1,209 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 58.5 223% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,027 DQ Write 1,222 DQ Mixed 847 715% 1,032 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$99 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 204GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 193 228 261 265 260 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 328 Write 254 Mixed 174 SusWrite 234 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 21.6 97% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 119 118% 189 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 104%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 443GB free Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 115 73 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 338 Write 344 Mixed 288 SusWrite 118 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 40.1 135% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 202 154% 209 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 530GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 484 486 488 486 482 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 424 Mixed 430 SusWrite 484 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55 186% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 293 294 293 292 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 452 Mixed 401 SusWrite 312 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 56 200% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.7% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 47%

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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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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	4,580x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	473x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16