Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	76% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 21:54
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 683 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 135 111% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 129 131 129 117 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 360 Write 149 Mixed 274 SusWrite 123 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42 158% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 95.3 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 82.9 74% 109 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 104%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 849GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 298 338 230 243 246 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	41.9% Average	Read 227 Write 75.8 Mixed 91.6 SusWrite 270 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 10.4 53% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 16.2 DQ Write 17.6 DQ Mixed 16.4 12% 16.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 105GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 33 33 34 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 107 Write 37.8 Mixed 42.1 SusWrite 33.2 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.4 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 105%

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

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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	4,554x
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