Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 21:57
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 (49^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 223 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 516 57% 449 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 175 Parallax 194 137% 179 fps	MRender 213 Gravity 169 Splatting 117 130% 166 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 362 Write 200 Mixed 217 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 40.3 145% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 148 131% 198 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 605GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1454 1659 1616 1446 1471 1456 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 127%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 61GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 121 124 121 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 106 Write 114 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 118 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 383GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 146 147 149 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 107 Write 96 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 148 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3112 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 114%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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