Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	227% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '20 at 00:23
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 467 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 58 58% 67.6 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 76.8 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 60%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7528 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.15 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 14 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 586 306 315 313 311 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,141 Write 1,470 Mixed 918 SusWrite 356 270% 1,222 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 73.4 258% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 991 715% 925 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 280%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 256GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 184 181 190 190 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 166 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 185 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 109GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 110 117 121 122 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 166 Write 144 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 118 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 305GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 95 96 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 59 SusWrite 95.6 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 87 87 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 81 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 86.2 61% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 162% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2133C15-8GIS Kingston 9905702-137.A00G F4-2133C15-8GIS Kingston 9905702-119.A00G 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2460, 2460, 2460, 2460 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 27.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 24.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

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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 $242Bench 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 i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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