Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.96% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	136% 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	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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '20 at 13:21
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	25%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 643 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.72 7% 9.6 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 236 232 225 223 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,834 Write 297 Mixed 261 SusWrite 233 141% 656 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 29.2 108% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 557 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 123 146% 266 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 280%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 95GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 86 96 85 98 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 337 Write 125 Mixed 180 SusWrite 102 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 34.8 128% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 147 111% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 351GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 88 88 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 85.7 Write 82.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 87.8 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 49%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 142GB free Firmware: 0003DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 42.5 Mixed 44 SusWrite 64.5 39% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 33.3 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 28 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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