Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	21.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 18:18
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 238 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 660 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 86% 108 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.6 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 411 Write 251 Mixed 352 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 49.5 168% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 63.7 129% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 435 Write 433 Mixed 360 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 53 173% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 66.5 131% 264 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD WD40EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 718GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 91 90 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 127 Write 111 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 91.2 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 86%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68N32N0 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1.5TB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 40 Mixed 31 SusWrite 40 51% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 133% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 22%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 21.8 Write 10.8 Mixed 8.5 15% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 118%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16