Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	158% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '20 at 14:44
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 193 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 537 54% 437 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 149 81% 118 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 107 Splatting 73.7 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 93 93 92 107 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,374 Write 1,317 Mixed 839 SusWrite 152 205% 921 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62.9 189% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 660 DQ Write 876 DQ Mixed 267 342% 601 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 295%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 248GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 402 399 393 394 400 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 150 Mixed 340 SusWrite 397 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 54.5 148% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 168 138% 200 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 1,605 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
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: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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