Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.6% 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	89.7% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	47.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 06:15
Run Duration	970 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 75 1-Core 127 2-Core 229 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 561 63% 496 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.6% Below average	Lighting 0 Reflection 181 Parallax 163 0% 115 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 165 Splatting 116 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 554GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 326 308 282 303 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 380 Write 369 Mixed 253 SusWrite 310 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 30.7 132% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 249 215% 317 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 133%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 370GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 347 336 345 351 350 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 341 Write 348 Mixed 331 SusWrite 345 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 28.2 93% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 37.7 64% 123 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 97%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 289GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 81 79 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 70 Write 80 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 80.9 90% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3000C15 4x16GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 140%

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

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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