Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (40%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150706
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 09:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 497 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Asus(1043 0496) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Lighting 23.8 Reflection 30 Parallax 28.3 19% 27.4 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 32.4 23% 27.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z220 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 360 Mixed 254 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 16.1 141% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 16.8 76% 166 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Toshib MK5061GSYN 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 76GB free Firmware: MH00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 81 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 94.8 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 81.3 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 909GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 85 94 111 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 120 Write 127 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 103 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FAD 2x8GB 1,299 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

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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	4,592x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	350x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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