Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.44% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '21 at 00:35
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 651 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4691 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 6.1 Parallax 6.8 5% 6.27 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 9.9 7% 7.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 960GB 3,578 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: T1006A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 384 390 395 385 386 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 446 Write 354 Mixed 366 SusWrite 377 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 15 92% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 31.6 72% 145 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 262GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 125 127 128 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 74 SusWrite 126 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 170GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 166 165 170 168 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 164 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2x8GB 77,202 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.9% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 18.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 104%

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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	8	6	60	24"	1280 720	ACI24C5 VX248

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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 $40Bench 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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16