Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.4% 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	54.6% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '21 at 18:10
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 794 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2063) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 107 Parallax 126 101% 119 fps	MRender 158 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.8 93% 118 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L7 EVO SSD 120GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 128 81 83 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 470 Write 77.3 Mixed 125 SusWrite 90.7 41% 191 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 12 92% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 20.3 34% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 64%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 137GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 282 281 280 272 275 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 340 Write 298 Mixed 242 SusWrite 277 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 36.7 133% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 164 137% 198 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 96%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 291GB free Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1336 1351 1350 1343 1126 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2725 Write 724 Mixed 1,328 SusWrite 1165 328% 1,486 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 82.1 280% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,270 DQ Write 879 DQ Mixed 1,397 956% 1,182 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 309%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$62 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 117 114 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 115 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2568 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 26 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 10: 1R 1G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
10%	19%	21	225	144	60	23.5"	1920 1080	SAM0D2C C24F390

History: Score 8: 0R 2G 2B | Score 10: 1R 1G 2B

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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	4,566x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16