Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 14:43
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 194 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 538 51% 424 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 152 Parallax 158 98% 143 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 115% 146 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$65 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 101 115 142 93 112 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.3% Good	Read 284 Write 182 Mixed 222 SusWrite 115 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 33.2 111% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 156 127% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 84%
WD WD30PURX-64P6ZY0 3TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 464GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 77 80 80 81 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 85 Write 65.5 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 80.1 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 86%
WD WD10EADS-00L5B1 1TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 520GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 73 73 74 76 73 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 70.5 Write 54.5 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 74.5 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.7% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,604x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16