Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	90% 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	87% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 18:01
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 67.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 198 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 521 46% 393 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90% Excellent	Lighting 117 Reflection 125 Parallax 106 95% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 116 Splatting 83.6 80% 99.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 57.6 55% 64.3 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 61 51% 62.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 233 186 192 180 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 396 Write 377 Mixed 315 SusWrite 207 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 41.9 138% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 342 257% 344 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 277 217 216 205 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 389 Write 350 Mixed 326 SusWrite 234 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 36.1 126% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 346 262% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 154 158 158 159 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 150 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 156 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 94 95 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 74.5 Write 79.7 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 94.4 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 101%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 34TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 15.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 195 183 176 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 37% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 7.4 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.9% 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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $129Bench 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