Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	219% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 03:26
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 281 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 763 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% 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 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 82% 66.7 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 544 321 322 320 320 321 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,064 Write 1,113 Mixed 519 SusWrite 358 222% 1,013 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 49.2 214% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,093 DQ Write 1,200 DQ Mixed 796 696% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 189GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 167 105 81 90 95 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 862 Write 244 Mixed 268 SusWrite 122 81% 374 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 30 115% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 99.9 DQ Mixed 191 131% 164 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 715GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 100 102 101 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 77.8 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 99 59% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 29.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.4 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 118%

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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