Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	102% 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	23.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '19 at 23:12
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 96.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 195 79% 133 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 457 49% 391 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2182) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 157 Parallax 168 132% 162 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 144 Splatting 109 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 186 195 194 195 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 273 Mixed 216 SusWrite 193 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.5 180% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 220 197% 299 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 245GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 196 200 204 202 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 370 Write 371 Mixed 311 SusWrite 200 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 38.2 134% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 221 170% 233 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 133%
WDC WDS200T2B0A 2TB 2,924 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 935GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 203 207 208 209 210 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 175 Write 316 Mixed 197 SusWrite 206 51% 223 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 36.4 127% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 225 175% 241 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.4 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 103%

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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	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
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 $499Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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