Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 22.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 15:11
Run Duration	339 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Memory 35.7 1-Core 20.3 2-Core 42.2 21% 32.7 Pts	4-Core 50.6 8-Core 76.8 8% 63.7 Pts	64-Core 91.8 6% 91.8 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 7.7 27 4.1 31 2.7 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 316 Write 399 Mixed 220 SusWrite 18 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 11.3 51% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 303 227% 304 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 236%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 146GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 8.2 27 3.4 31 2.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 298 Write 238 Mixed 208 SusWrite 17.8 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 9.9 43% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 214 164% 222 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 114%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 214GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 1.2 3.3 0.4 3.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 86%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 235GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 7.9 26 3.4 30 2.7 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.7% Very poor	Read 8.8 Write 58.1 Mixed 7.9 SusWrite 17.5 5% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 9.8 23% 9.83 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 135 111% 159 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 97%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 642GB free Firmware: 00.0NA02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 8.3 24 3.2 28 2.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 23.3 Write 16 Mixed 13.1 SusWrite 16.5 13% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.1 44% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 176GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 9.5 25 3.4 30 2.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	8.26% Terrible	Read 11 Write 14.2 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 17.4 10% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 8.26% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 486GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 4.1 26 4 30 3.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	9.42% Terrible	Read 15.3 Write 19.5 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 17.5 16% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 9.42% Great: 107%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 628GB free Firmware: 00.0NA02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 7.6 24 3.2 29 2.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21% Poor	Read 56.4 Write 90.3 Mixed 13 SusWrite 16.5 32% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.1 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 83%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 438GB free Firmware: 0909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 9.1 27 3.3 30 2.8 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.4% Terrible	Read 11.4 Write 15.3 Mixed 15 SusWrite 17.6 11% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 8.4% Great: 103%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 64GB 1,211 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 28GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 2.8 4.3 2.3 4.4 2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Read 16.6 Write 5.5 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 3.7 10% 9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 CMW16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 18.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 223 18% 223 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 108%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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) $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