Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	111% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). 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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 19:20
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 220 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 684 63% 528 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 95% 113 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 84.1 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 303 306 306 296 297 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 450 Mixed 451 SusWrite 302 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 54.8 183% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 931GB free Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1029 1250 1463 1494 1518 1512 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,505 Write 1,552 Mixed 1,126 SusWrite 1,378 313% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 77.2 257% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 924 DQ Write 1,146 DQ Mixed 314 437% 795 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 295%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 0GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 42.4 Write 25.4 Mixed 36.7 26% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 637GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 100 100 101 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 99.7 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 99.5 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 56%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 5GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 36 35 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 32.9 Mixed 26 SusWrite 35.2 45% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 74% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 45,582 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 33.6 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 29.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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