Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	259% 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '21 at 00:08
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 266 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 788 76% 623 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2818 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 195 Parallax 188 148% 188 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 196 Splatting 129 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 299 304 303 302 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,460 Write 1,417 Mixed 1,298 SusWrite 354 305% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 85.5 292% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 1178 DQ Mixed 1,012 781% 1,056 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 69GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 322 322 257 171 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 491 Mixed 466 SusWrite 278 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 64.9 223% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 262GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 387 387 393 395 373 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 362 Write 383 Mixed 360 SusWrite 385 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 52 178% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 250 188% 252 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 24GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 57.3 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 63.8 49% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 41GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 69 68 69 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 65 Write 62.1 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 67.2 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 26.9 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 102%

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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	7	6	60	31.5"	1280 720	CHD0320 PMOS320-IQC-1

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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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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 $15	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