Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '20 at 12:44
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 455 64% 474 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 117 Parallax 96.7 83% 105 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 99.6 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 202 200 203 204 202 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 309 Write 241 Mixed 235 SusWrite 204 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 48.9 165% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 226 176% 244 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 107%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 120GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 8GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 34 25 38 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.8% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 40.8 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 36.8 9% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 11.1 38% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 26 DQ Mixed 25.6 19% 25.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 166 168 165 164 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 137 Write 141 Mixed 66 SusWrite 164 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC Apacer D12.2324CS.001 M378A5244CB0-CRC 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2546, 2546, 2546 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 78%

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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	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16