Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% 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	299% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '20 at 03:55
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 251 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 654 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 127 Parallax 108 92% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 116 Splatting 95 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 893 825 802 784 782 730 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,549 Write 2,383 Mixed 1,827 SusWrite 803 423% 1,890 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 92.6 308% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,284 DQ Write 1,055 DQ Mixed 912 753% 1,084 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 355%
WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 105GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 421 422 426 451 449 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	101% Outstanding	Read 347 Write 106 Mixed 354 SusWrite 431 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 39.6 153% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 218 190% 282 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 305GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 107 107 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 90.3 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 106 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 338GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 127 150 161 157 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 173 Write 155 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 140 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 105GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 171 174 170 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 157 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 172 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 190 188 195 183 191 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 186GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 100 100 102 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 131 Write 116 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 101 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 75%
96 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 6.7 9.2 9.3 9.3 9.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 8 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 8 14% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.36% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 32.4 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.4 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

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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	4,570x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16