Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 08:29
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 133 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 418 44% 352 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 127 Parallax 117 96% 120 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 117 Splatting 102 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 115 113 111 111 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 444 Write 200 Mixed 274 SusWrite 120 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 35.5 121% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 314 236% 316 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 160GB free Firmware: GH2OA3E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 96 96 96 97 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 96.5 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 95.8 54% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 72%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 383GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 94 95 94 94 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 103 Write 128 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 94.8 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Patriot 3000 C16 Series CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 89%

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

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16