Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% 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	82.9% 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	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 (13%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 02:36
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 236 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 638 68% 539 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 108 Parallax 91.9 85% 102 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 96.2 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 189 221 200 142 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 453 Write 456 Mixed 335 SusWrite 199 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 36 120% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 246 209% 308 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 445GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 209 200 191 166 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 370 Write 457 Mixed 233 SusWrite 212 72% 318 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 29.7 113% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 66.8 116% 226 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 286GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 255 238 229 253 226 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 452 Write 285 Mixed 162 SusWrite 246 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 30 111% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 184 180% 288 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 750GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 171 171 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 170 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 81%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $30	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