Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '21 at 01:06
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th 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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 248 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 573 64% 503 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 86FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 110 Parallax 125 102% 120 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 115 Splatting 106 105% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.5c SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 121 115 100 103 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 375 Write 155 Mixed 201 SusWrite 113 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 36.6 146% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 116 94% 133 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 82%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 1TB 12,662 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 886GB free Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1166 1243 1300 1292 1278 1343 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 1,055 Mixed 1,285 SusWrite 1,270 311% 1,395 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 70.6 210% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,109 DQ Write 829 DQ Mixed 1,252 859% 1,063 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 330%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 83GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 33 33 33 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 48.9 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 32.3 27% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 68%
Adata HV620S 2TB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 554GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 38.1 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 40.2 28% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 686 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,552x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	891x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
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 $179	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