Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.08% 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	95.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '19 at 17:17
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$234 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 90% 168 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 776 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.08% Terrible	Lighting 9.4 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 10.4 8% 11.1 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 8.47 Splatting 18.7 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.08% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV1-8B128-HP 128GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: V182 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 127 138 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 176 Mixed 236 SusWrite 143 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 48.4 180% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 172 147% 219 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 375GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 172 169 171 172 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 194 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 173 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 22,274 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 26.5 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 30.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	4,618x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	609x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,002x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	902x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	352x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

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