Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	65.8% 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 (50%). 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	10.8 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	Dec 02 '20 at 18:34
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 173 77% 128 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 410 47% 365 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 179 167 179 192 209 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.8% Good	Read 279 Write 185 Mixed 192 SusWrite 191 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 29.6 105% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 222 170% 230 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 107%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 1TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 853GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 99 104 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 41.7 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 103 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 131 142 157 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 126 Mixed 73 SusWrite 146 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $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 $178	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) $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