Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 05:00
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 557 61% 483 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 86FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 117 Parallax 125 103% 123 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 111 Splatting 98.7 100% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.5c SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 83 83 84 91 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 390 Write 110 Mixed 138 SusWrite 85.4 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 30.5 120% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 97.8 87% 131 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 100 98 119 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 60 SusWrite 110 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%
Adata HV620S 2TB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 985GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 99.3 Write 12.5 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 11.9 26% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 686 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	849x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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