Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% 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 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 17:19
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 450 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 68 Parallax 60 51% 63.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 55.1 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 446 445 453 453 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 450 Mixed 385 SusWrite 424 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.5 196% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 790GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.8 Mixed 71 SusWrite 106 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 74%
WD My Book Elite 1.5TB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 845GB free, PID 1111 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 36 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 33.9 46% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 4,792 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 106%

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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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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	4,556x
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	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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