Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	94.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '21 at 17:07
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 706 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8736) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (143 fps cap detected)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 143 Parallax 143 117% 143 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 143 Splatting 124 111% 137 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 201 211 188 141 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 253 Mixed 270 SusWrite 176 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 46 181% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 256 193% 260 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 95%
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 225GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 251 284 292 291 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 484 Write 317 Mixed 321 SusWrite 272 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 29.4 102% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 146 114% 160 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 71%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 66GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,624 Write 2,462 Mixed 1,978 524% 2,354 MB/s	4K Read 68 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 96.6 324% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,557 DQ Write 1,368 DQ Mixed 1,427 1,080% 1,450 MB/s
Poor: 188% Great: 410%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 24GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 125 108 123 127 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 410 Write 143 Mixed 200 SusWrite 124 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.6 172% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 110 98% 148 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%

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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	8	6	144	24"	1280 720	AUS24B1 ROG PG248Q

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	342x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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