Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.9% 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	338% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 16:32
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 263 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 771 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 109 Parallax 100 83% 104 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 97.7 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1685 1440 1396 1288 1216 1149 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,512 Write 2,287 Mixed 1,694 SusWrite 1,362 440% 1,964 MB/s	4K Read 67.9 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 94.9 316% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,404 DQ Write 1,094 DQ Mixed 1,211 916% 1,236 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 410%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 236GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1454 1451 1460 1457 1456 1451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 1,841 Write 1,383 Mixed 588 SusWrite 1,455 294% 1,317 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 74.6 271% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,305 DQ Write 1120 DQ Mixed 993 804% 1,139 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 292%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 747GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 190 191 190 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 179 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 190 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4BL.M8FE1 4x8GB 1,948 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 33.3 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 32.1 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%

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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	144	23.8"	1280 720	PHLC244 PHL 242E1GJ

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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	4,572x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

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	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
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 $45Bench 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 $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16