Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.2% 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	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 14:53
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 595 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.2% Average	Lighting 54.9 Reflection 65 Parallax 57.2 45% 59 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 50.6 46% 57.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 190 170 216 204 223 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 208 Write 238 Mixed 272 SusWrite 207 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 20.3 68% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 101 86% 131 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 169 169 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 171 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 168 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 102 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 173 Write 116 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 102 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 193 201 203 202 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 117 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 200 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 133 134 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 161 Mixed 105 SusWrite 132 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-065.A00G 1x16GB 818 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 63: 8R 6G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
63%	48%	40	286	202	60	27"	1920 1080	ACR0241 Acer B273HL

History: Score 10: 0R 2G 4B | Score 63: 8R 6G 5B

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

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 $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 $40	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