Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (50%). 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	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '20 at 10:28
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 671 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3728) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 173 Parallax 182 146% 178 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 154 Splatting 111 119% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 899GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 401 440 436 422 440 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 405 Mixed 394 SusWrite 419 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 47.9 153% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 114 131 131 105 120 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.9% Above average	Read 277 Write 200 Mixed 226 SusWrite 120 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 28.9 100% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 151 124% 176 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 84%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 398GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 181 211 182 182 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48% Average	Read 176 Write 180 Mixed 136 SusWrite 180 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 16.7 65% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 151 134% 201 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 17.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 124%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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