Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	75.8% 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	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '22 at 22:53
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Memory 37.9 1-Core 21 2-Core 45 22% 34.6 Pts	4-Core 72.4 8-Core 107 11% 89.6 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 122 Parallax 134 62% 111 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 122 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 784GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 77 77 78 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 403 Write 81.5 Mixed 127 SusWrite 78 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 17.1 67% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 103 85% 124 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 128%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 154 164 165 164 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 168 Write 162 Mixed 125 SusWrite 160 208% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 136% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 17.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.4 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 212 19% 212 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 82%

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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	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16