Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '19 at 15:13
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 674 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 95.6 Reflection 104 Parallax 88.2 78% 95.9 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 91.6 75% 91 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 196 195 162 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 320 Write 346 Mixed 179 SusWrite 191 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 39.1 125% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 65.6 64% 96.6 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 106%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 262GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 443 431 419 366 370 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 416 Mixed 406 SusWrite 412 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48 162% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 167 97% 96.1 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 123%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 144GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 209 205 207 219 206 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 341 Write 348 Mixed 308 SusWrite 208 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 39.8 129% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 137 97% 118 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 4x4GB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 22.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 103%

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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