Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.6% 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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '22 at 18:12
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 179 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 598 52% 443 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 97.4 56% 79.2 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 45 46% 58 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 92 82 87 104 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.6% Above average	Read 254 Write 120 Mixed 143 SusWrite 87.5 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 28.1 105% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 129 96% 129 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 80%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 464 Write 446 Mixed 363 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 51.7 178% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 37 38 37 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 41.9 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 37.4 30% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 49%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 50.7 Write 56.4 Mixed 38.8 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 110%

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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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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