Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	31.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 18:21
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 555 62% 485 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 118% 140 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 144 Splatting 114 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 47 41 53 64 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 411 Write 52.5 Mixed 84 SusWrite 51.9 32% 150 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 9.4 38% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 56%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 148GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 125 126 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 102 SusWrite 125 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.6 332% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 13GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 132 133 133 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 133 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 755GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 92 93 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 92.7 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 91.2 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 84%
WD Elements 107C 3TB 3,265 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 312GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 33 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 37.6 46% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 125%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,023

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