Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	100% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

CPU throttled at 85% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '21 at 16:30
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	85%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 105 2-Core 182 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 558 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 88% 109 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 101 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 120GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 48 39 38 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 489 Mixed 310 SusWrite 82.4 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 54.3 203% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 142 147% 240 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 115%
Samsung SSD 1TB 588 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 511GB free Firmware: RVQ0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 481 492 494 494 494 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 466 Mixed 424 SusWrite 438 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 53.3 193% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 281 208% 275 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 139%
Samsung SSD 1TB 588 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 345GB free Firmware: SVQ0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 481 492 449 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 482 Mixed 445 SusWrite 293 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 58.3 202% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 280 204% 266 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 139%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 354GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 31 31 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 134 Write 23.1 Mixed 30.4 SusWrite 30.6 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 84%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 74 72 83 75 80 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 131 Write 65.7 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 72.4 116% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 4.6 522% 8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 9.4 760% 11.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 91%

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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	4,555x
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 $300	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