Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '20 at 19:36
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 78.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 606 65% 518 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.5% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 78.4 62% 78.5 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 71 Splatting 64 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 134 74 80 82 79 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 473 Mixed 403 SusWrite 129 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 41.5 151% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 269% 358 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 67GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 311 321 322 312 312 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 369 Write 388 Mixed 354 SusWrite 303 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 50 164% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 248 187% 251 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 128%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 172GB free Firmware: K2AOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 51.7 Write 51.5 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 55.6 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 BLS8G4D240FSCK.8FBD 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 84 48% 84 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 79%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,562x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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