Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.9% 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	94.7% 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 (11%). 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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 21:15
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 460 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 122 Parallax 98.3 95% 112 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 118 Splatting 101 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 153 152 148 148 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 469 Mixed 366 SusWrite 176 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 50.7 183% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 139 111% 160 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 124%
ST1000VM002-1CT162 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 466GB free Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 318 312 311 312 313 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 504 Write 464 Mixed 454 SusWrite 317 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.7 196% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 470 371% 526 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 17%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 79GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 59 59 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 58 Write 54.5 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 58.4 38% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 54%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 92GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 25.3 Write 71.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 60.6 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 33.5 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 27.9 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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