Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	319% 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	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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '19 at 06:56
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 228 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 469 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 116 Parallax 130 94% 121 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 119 Splatting 95 100% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 625 606 603 593 578 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,632 Write 2,289 Mixed 1,806 SusWrite 644 411% 1,842 MB/s	4K Read 71.2 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 101 338% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,667 DQ Write 1,428 DQ Mixed 1,391 1,085% 1,496 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 355%
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 6GB free Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 461 Write 348 Mixed 293 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 43.5 163% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 135 155% 265 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 299 298 299 299 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 482 Mixed 389 SusWrite 318 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 62.5 213% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS PRO 64GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID 0153 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 0 11 21 22 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 39 Write 21.3 Mixed 26 SusWrite 15 32% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 2.5 225% 4.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

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Desktop 87%

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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	4,542x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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