Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 203% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 169% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	248% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	25.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '23 at 22:22
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 216 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 608 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti-$651 46,082 User benchmarks, average bench 240% Zotac(19DA 1696) CLim: 3120 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	248% Outstanding	Lighting 362 Reflection 352 Parallax 425 295% 380 fps	MRender 491 Gravity 308 Splatting 221 264% 340 fps
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 256%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 40 54 35 44 51 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.3% Poor	Read 178 Write 99.1 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 51.8 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 11.2 47% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 102%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 184GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 347 383 407 474 481 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 448 Mixed 453 SusWrite 416 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 48.6 164% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 361 259% 334 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 376GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 344 354 226 246 247 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 385 Write 453 Mixed 369 SusWrite 303 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 34.1 121% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 330 249% 332 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 596GB free Firmware: M3CR045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 305 367 391 417 324 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 364 Write 399 Mixed 369 SusWrite 365 85% 374 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 48.5 164% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 161 177% 298 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 125%
Samsung S2 Portable 1TB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 432GB free, PID 1f08 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 38 37 36 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 100 Write 16.5 Mixed 25.6 SusWrite 36.8 48% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 29.6 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 28.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 105%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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