Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	142% 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	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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 08:01
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 735 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B A001) 1GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.11.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 17 11% 15.5 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 12 Splatting 17.9 12% 14.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 690 803 838 763 713 676 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 973 Write 850 Mixed 508 SusWrite 747 172% 769 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 37.3 143% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 103 133% 239 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 181%
Hitach HUA722020ALA331 2TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 105 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 60 SusWrite 106 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 70%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 184GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 92 38 61 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 91.3 Write 92.3 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 72.6 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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