Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	28.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 17:37
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 703 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 64.6 63% 72.5 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 69.2 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 10 53 32 61 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 458 Write 417 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 95.5 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1 17% 4.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 85GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 62 54 67 62 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 140 Write 41.2 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 64.7 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 109%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 775GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 51 52 23 20 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 28 Write 103 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 35.5 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 64%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 26GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 4.8 4.6 3.3 3.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	3.75% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 4.1 8% 7.15 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB 7,608 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 115%

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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	4,572x
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 $260	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 $175	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) $32	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