Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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)
Boot Drive	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 19:41
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 96 2-Core 198 68% 122 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 411 42% 337 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2030 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.5% Poor	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 42.9 7% 29.3 fps	MRender 63.5 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 61 47% 57 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 358 483 549 546 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 701 Write 369 Mixed 302 SusWrite 432 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 12.9 40% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 47.5 DQ Write 45.1 DQ Mixed 47.1 35% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 14GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 93 95 93 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 91 Write 62.2 Mixed 67 SusWrite 91.3 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 21GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 93 104 104 109 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 117 Write 87 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 97.9 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 60GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 69 74 74 73 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 70.2 Write 46.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 70 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FD2 1x8GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 14.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 53%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
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	440x
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	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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