Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (58%). 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '22 at 06:09
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 205 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 722 63% 539 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 211 Parallax 64.1 56% 114 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 116 Splatting 121 100% 122 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$108 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 227GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 280 173 82 83 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 341 Write 353 Mixed 314 SusWrite 151 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 31.5 102% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 245 184% 245 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 121%
Adata SU800NS38 512GB 4,212 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 279 343 348 392 388 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 438 Write 394 Mixed 375 SusWrite 329 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 23 102% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 111 141% 252 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 148GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 158 163 164 164 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 168 Mixed 94 SusWrite 159 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 750GB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 177 185 186 186 185 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 174 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 177 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.2 267% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 126%
USB 3.0 1TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 190GB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 77 102 101 108 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 138 Write 79.3 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 92.8 131% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 73% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 175%
USB 3.0 480GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 148GB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 77 102 101 108 115 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	120% Outstanding	Read 307 Write 304 Mixed 227 SusWrite 92.8 302% 233 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 18 1,246% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 44.2 DQ Mixed 27.6 2,529% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 28.2 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 116%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,579x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	845x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

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	473x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
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 $293	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16