Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 21:41
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 215 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 636 60% 500 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 239 218 215 299 254 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,392 Write 296 Mixed 538 SusWrite 268 136% 623 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 46.5 166% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,165 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 402 373% 604 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 350GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 431 418 420 417 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 460 Mixed 414 SusWrite 426 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 46.4 152% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 246 217% 324 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 29.6 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 108%

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

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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 $242Bench 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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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