Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 09:51
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 449 57% 434 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Lighting 50.6 Reflection 51.4 Parallax 59.8 41% 54 fps	MRender 51.6 Gravity 45.7 Splatting 38.5 36% 45.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 39GB free Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,631 Write 1,477 Mixed 1,177 318% 1,428 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 67.3 239% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 859 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 803 607% 814 MB/s
Poor: 141% Great: 228%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 53GB free Firmware: 1.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 62 63 63 65 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 162 Write 78.8 Mixed 103 SusWrite 63.5 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 27.7 107% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 76.5 DQ Mixed 87.4 70% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 51%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 94 117 78 143 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 67.5 Write 56 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 113 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 4.4 770% 4.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 758GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 90 59 34 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 94.2 Write 36.8 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 77 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 640GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 117 117 117 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 118 Write 39.2 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 117 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 41 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 36 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 40.8 28% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.8 225% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 110%

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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	4,579x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	845x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	473x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16