Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (34%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 12:05
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 717 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 147A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 172 Parallax 167 151% 175 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 137 Splatting 117 115% 145 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 109 101 79 96 80 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.1% Above average	Read 249 Write 213 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 104 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 15.6 110% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 110 106% 172 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 119%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 64GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 322 355 356 304 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 354 Mixed 319 SusWrite 332 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 39.8 149% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 192 171% 256 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 161GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 101 101 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 163 Write 109 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 101 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 85%

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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	4,576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16