Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% 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	287% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '23 at 22:28
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 VH 9,708 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 607 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 87% 107 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 106 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 774 820 817 814 807 766 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,409 Write 2,333 Mixed 1,720 SusWrite 800 406% 1,815 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 86.5 289% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,403 DQ Write 921 DQ Mixed 1,229 899% 1,184 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$75 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 292GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 88 86 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 78.1 Write 76.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 86.5 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 607GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 142 147 145 144 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 91.7 Write 50.7 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 144 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C10 4x8GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 138%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	55	24	120	31.5"	1280 720	AOC3201 32G1WG4

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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	4,589x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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