Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.6% 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	54.2% 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '21 at 05:22
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 829 86% 693 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% 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: 2175 MHz, MLim: 4030 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 132 91% 119 fps	MRender 154 Gravity 107 Splatting 96.5 95% 119 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L7 EVO SSD 120GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 71 102 80 77 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 475 Write 76.8 Mixed 122 SusWrite 81.2 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 11.9 92% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 20 34% 67.8 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 64%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 152GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 280 284 281 274 283 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 339 Write 299 Mixed 245 SusWrite 280 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 36.7 131% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 164 136% 197 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 96%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 269GB free Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1346 1359 1388 588 166 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,747 Write 1,084 Mixed 1,322 SusWrite 827 330% 1495 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 82.4 281% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,278 DQ Write 878 DQ Mixed 1397 956% 1,184 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 309%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$62 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 117 117 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 116 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.5% 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 (88^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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 42: 7R 2G 1B (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%	25%	40	307	212	60	23.5"	1920 1080	SAM0D2C C24F390

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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	4,567x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	316x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

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) $31	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