Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '21 at 13:43
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 250 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 721 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3657) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 119 Parallax 126 112% 128 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 106 Splatting 91.3 90% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 526GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1093 566 620 795 631 596 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 1,414 Write 2,176 Mixed 1,566 SusWrite 717 332% 1,468 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.2 43% 9.73 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 298%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 6GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 391 Write 312 Mixed 278 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 50.5 189% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,019 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 398 356% 559 MB/s
Poor: 134% Great: 292%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 199 194 204 200 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 229 Mixed 111 SusWrite 200 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 368% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 269GB free Firmware: D SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 76 75 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 41 Write 14.5 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 74.8 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 451GB free Firmware: 0-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 78 79 79 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 45.3 Write 62.6 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 79.4 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	24"	1280 720	PHL08D5 PHL 241P4

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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	4,555x
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