Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.3% 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	79.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 15:26
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (3^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 131 52% 85.3 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 601 48% 423 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.1 80% 103 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 100 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 394 440 452 466 458 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 265 Write 222 Mixed 234 SusWrite 426 65% 287 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 28 87% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 342 257% 343 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 46GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 353 374 362 371 371 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 352 Write 375 Mixed 285 SusWrite 361 78% 343 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 34.4 138% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 320 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 143 143 142 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 138 Write 49.3 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 143 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 393GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 114 116 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 115 72% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 27.7 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.4 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 103%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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	887x
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	312x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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