Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 19:43
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 224 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 732 68% 566 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 107 Parallax 106 78% 103 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 96 Splatting 97.5 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GB 3,907 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC7110C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 310 Mixed 286 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 42 152% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 200 183% 281 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 17GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 372 Write 387 Mixed 321 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 49.3 173% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 144 136% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Liteonit LCT-128M3S 128GB 2,346 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 11GB free Firmware: VQDC Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 197 Mixed 218 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 38.3 142% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 164 144% 218 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 82%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 151 135 147 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 324 Write 215 Mixed 231 SusWrite 141 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.2 144% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 134 114% 166 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 84%
Kingston SV100S2128G 128GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 82GB free Firmware: 120504 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 184 214 227 223 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 226 Write 165 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 201 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 15.1 47% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 6.4 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 7.6 9% 15.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 37%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 557GB free Firmware: JA0OA5M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 99 99 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 96.2 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 98.2 59% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 105%

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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	4,559x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
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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Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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