Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	217% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 40 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3620 x 2036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 17:47
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 199 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 542 58% 461 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.5% Average	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 51.9 47% 53.6 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 53.8 Splatting 46.4 43% 53.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 599GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 975 895 895 907 950 899 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,992 Write 1,613 Mixed 1,348 SusWrite 920 328% 1,468 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 59.4 186% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 500 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 522 387% 509 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 565GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 413 415 418 425 427 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 442 Mixed 443 SusWrite 413 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 46 152% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 349 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 556GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 154 154 153 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 121 Write 130 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 153 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 109%
Ithoo Tech 512GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 428GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 58 108 75 86 96 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 14% Great: 20%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 123 Write 106 Mixed 74 SusWrite 109 136% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.8 233% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%
WD easystore 25FB 4TB 3,961 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 117 116 117 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 110 Write 117 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 117 150% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 106% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMD16GX4M4B3000C15 CMD16GX4M4B3000C15 CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 40GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 86%

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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	4,545x
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