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 as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	72.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 18:56
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$70 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 426 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 275 156 102 93 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 320 Write 351 Mixed 264 SusWrite 163 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 35.9 128% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 228 171% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 743GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 81 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 80.1 Write 49.8 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 79.9 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB-$48 7,720 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,603x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	999x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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