Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.5% 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	122% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 23:50
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 489 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.9 89% 105 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 97.5 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 293 294 291 290 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 454 Mixed 377 SusWrite 304 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.6 219% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 224GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2265 575 596 598 597 594 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 2,464 Write 2,286 Mixed 1,614 SusWrite 871 404% 1,809 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 94.8 325% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,843 DQ Write 1,704 DQ Mixed 1,740 1,315% 1,762 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 340%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 225GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 331 330 331 331 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 323 Mixed 293 SusWrite 328 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.5 167% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 182 157% 228 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 889GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 214 217 215 215 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 168 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 214 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,543x
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 $499Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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