Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	242% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '23 at 01:25
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 649 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 134 Parallax 124 103% 128 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 129 Splatting 114 93% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 659GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1029 1481 1696 1368 1136 1119 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,845 Write 1,720 Mixed 731 SusWrite 1,305 313% 1,400 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 54 177% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 911 DQ Write 574 DQ Mixed 746 555% 744 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 302%
D2CSTK251A20-0120 120GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 111GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 70 83 97 84 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 136 Write 108 Mixed 127 SusWrite 82.5 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 27.5 118% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 93.5 80% 117 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 879GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 175 173 170 171 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 167 Mixed 100 SusWrite 171 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 249% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2D3600C16 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 64GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.2% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns

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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	4,584x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16