Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	114% 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 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 13:49
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 226 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 325 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 103 Parallax 76.5 116% 107 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 114 Splatting 93.4 95% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 429 398 310 310 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 480 Mixed 448 SusWrite 354 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 60.6 204% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 56.1 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 230% 253 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 128%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 111GB free Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 143 81 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 452 Write 211 Mixed 255 SusWrite 123 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 19.5 81% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 27.7 40% 76.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 55%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$35 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 799GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 141 140 146 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 100 SusWrite 142 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 175 181 180 187 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 164 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 180 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 403GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 113 112 115 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 112 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.2 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 120%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,600x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	998x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16