Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 09:00
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 799 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 204 Parallax 194 157% 197 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 190 Splatting 139 126% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 74 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (64) Unknown 100 100 303424 (65) Unknown 100 100 49216 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 131 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 761 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 158915035167 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 764 (EA) Unknown 100 100 419 (F1) Unknown 100 100 584 (F2) Unknown 100 100 308 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	72.2% Very good	Read 479 Write 234 Mixed 235 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 15 104% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 31.2 68% 145 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 88%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: SC23 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 166 Mixed 125 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.08 60% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 104%

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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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Gaming 86%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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