Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	11.6 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 02:26
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 575 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 108 Parallax 90.7 79% 98.3 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 96.4 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 458GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 398 450 447 435 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 455 Mixed 374 SusWrite 420 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.7 168% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 102GB free Firmware: 1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 95 87 84 90 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 189 Write 138 Mixed 154 SusWrite 96.3 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 31.5 136% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 134 102% 137 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 61%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 44GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 245 240 227 220 214 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 448 Mixed 390 SusWrite 247 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 61.5 197% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,707 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $46

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