Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (32%). 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	17 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 07:28
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 550 72% 539 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 120 104% 129 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 130 Splatting 109 92% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,510 Write 2,141 Mixed 1193 431% 1,948 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 71.8 243% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 59.3 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 85.6 76% 110 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 66GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 373 376 333 283 266 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 352 Write 363 Mixed 359 SusWrite 333 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 69.3 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 71.1 239% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 78.5 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 83.2 64% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 68GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 169 171 170 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 157 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 169 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 155 157 157 156 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 176 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 156 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 329GB free Firmware: JA2OA710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 36 35 38 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 89.2 Write 22.3 Mixed 24 SusWrite 43.2 33% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 79% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 57%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 209GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 118 124 119 111 105 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 182 Write 190 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 117 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 111%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2GB free Firmware: VT100-54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 24 22 21 19 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 27 Write 28.3 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 21.6 19% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-4GRR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-4GRR 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 81%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16