Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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	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 (59%). 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '21 at 13:39
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	59%

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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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 199 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 455 50% 392 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 144 Parallax 147 120% 146 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 127 Splatting 116 112% 140 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,450 Write 5,845 Mixed 6,722 1,486% 6,672 MB/s	4K Read 600 4K Write 302 4K Mixed 378 1,552% 426 MB/s	DQ Read 1,312 DQ Write 639 DQ Mixed 860 669% 937 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 647GB free Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2106 2115 2231 2040 2158 2121 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	367% Outstanding	Read 2,141 Write 1,647 Mixed 2,166 SusWrite 2,128 456% 2,021 MB/s	4K Read 73.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 102 319% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,224 DQ Write 1,072 DQ Mixed 1,084 830% 1,127 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 367% Great: 488%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 873GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 183 183 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 143 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 182 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 56: 7R 3G 12B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
56%	43%	51	291	232	144	23.5"	1920 1080	ACR06A7 KG241Q P

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
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	312x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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