Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	50.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '21 at 20:34
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 608 66% 522 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 127 103% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 135 Splatting 113 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 111 101 104 105 101 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 434 Write 129 Mixed 164 SusWrite 112 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 27.3 115% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 64.8 96% 188 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 89%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 1TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 461 469 461 473 475 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 504 Write 466 Mixed 461 SusWrite 466 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59 198% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 111% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 23 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 122%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 42: 6R 4G 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
42%	17%	60	296	231	30	84.6"	3840 2160	SAM0FF9 SAMSUNG

History: Score 11: 0R 2G 5B | Score 48: 6R 6G 0B | Score 42: 6R 4G 0B

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $179	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