Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.4% 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	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 10:54
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 269 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 822 85% 684 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2063) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 121 90% 115 fps	MRender 158 Gravity 107 Splatting 99 97% 121 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L7 EVO SSD 120GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 78 82 78 83 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 444 Write 357 Mixed 314 SusWrite 103 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 12.3 111% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 22 52% 105 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 64%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 152GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 282 282 281 282 280 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 350 Write 300 Mixed 262 SusWrite 281 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 36.2 132% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 164 137% 198 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 96%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 269GB free Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1344 1373 1392 1348 681 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,790 Write 1,068 Mixed 1,232 SusWrite 1,075 340% 1,541 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 82.2 259% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,276 DQ Write 883 DQ Mixed 1,394 956% 1,184 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 309%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$62 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 116 116 118 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 116 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3600 C18 Series 2x16GB 2,007 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 45.1 MC Mixed 34.4 116% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 51.2 SC Mixed 33.2 103% 36.2 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 46: 8R 2G 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
46%	36%	28	284	150	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	4,582x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16