Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	13.4 Days
Run Date	May 09 '20 at 00:50
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 266 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 575 69% 531 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.3 86% 105 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 99.9 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 462 Write 423 Mixed 307 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 56.2 190% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 340 261% 354 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 368GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 448 452 440 440 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 374 Mixed 414 SusWrite 442 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.6 190% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 175GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 128 129 118 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 26.3 Mixed 66 SusWrite 127 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 687 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2263, 2263, 2263, 2263 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 105%

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